CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH
CONTENTS MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO WEATHER, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY MODULE 2: POPULATION HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE MODULE 3: POLICIES & PRACTICE OF MITIGATION & ADAPTATION - RELEVANCE TO HEALTH MODULE 4: ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION OF THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE MODULE 5: THERMAL EXTREMES MODULE 6: EXTREME WEATHER MODULE 7: VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES AND CLIMATE CHANGE MODULE 8: WATER-BORNE DISEASES AND CLIMATE CHANGE MODULE 9: FOOD SECURITY AND MALNUTRITION MODULE 10: AIR QUALITY MODULE 11: ASSESSING HEALTH VULNERABILITY MODULE 12: ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE MODULE 13: MITIGATION AND CO-BENEFITS MODULE 14: HEALTH AND THE UNFCCC MODULE 15: DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT MODULE 16: COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH TRAINER GUIDE MODULE INTRODUCTION TO WEATHER, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY KEY LEARNING MESSAGES IN MODULE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEATHER, CLIMATE, CLIMATE VARIABILITY & CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IS OCCURRING & HAS A STRONG ANTHROPOGENIC (HUMAN) INFLUENCE THE RESULTING CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS CAN AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH TRENDS & PROJECTIONS IN CLIMATE CURRENT & FUTURE CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE SEA-LEVEL RISE, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, DROUGHTS ETC THE HEALTH SECTOR HAS A ROLE NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY IN PREPARING FOR, PREVENTING & COPING WITH THE HEALTH RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ESTIMATED LENGTH: 60 MINUTES STRUCTURE OF MODULE MODULE OUTLINE CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH – TRAINING MODULES SECTION SLIDES ACTIVITY (IF ANY) MODULE OUTLINE LEARNING FROM MODULE QUESTIONS REQUIRED RESOURCES DATA PROJECTOR AND SLIDE CHANGER MODULE 1 SLIDES WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER OR INTERNET SPEAKERS/SOUND SYSTEM TWO VIDEOS ‘WALK THE DOG’ AND ‘CLIMATE 101’ FLIPCHART PAPER (2 PIECES FOR EVERY THREE PARTICIPANTS) MARKERS (TWO FOR EVERY THREE PARTICIPANTS) TABLES AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM GROUPS OF THREE PARTICIPANTS CAN SIT AROUND STOPWATCH BELL OR NOISE MAKER INSTRUCTIONS FOR DELIVERY OF MODULE AS THE FIRST MODULE OF THE TRAINING, MODULE 1 IS IMPORTANT IN ENSURING PARTICIPANTS FEEL CONFIDENT IN CORE CONCEPTS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE WILL BE NEW TERMS AND IDEAS FOR SOME PEOPLE, AND YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE IS LIKELY FAR GREATER THAN THOSE IN THE GROUP YOU ARE TRAINING MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE MATERIAL, USING QUESTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF FACES AND BODY LANGUAGE TO ENSURE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL PARTICIPANTS BEFORE MOVING ON THE EXERCISE ON SLIDES 27 – 28 GIVES PARTICIPANTS TIME TO EXPLORE FOR THEMSELVES THE LIKELY IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST INTERACTIVE SMALL GROUP EXERCISE WITHIN THE TRAINING CONTENT GIVE THIS THE FULL 10 MINUTES OR LONGER IF REQUIRED, SO THAT PEOPLE WARM UP TO WORKING IN GROUPS, AND THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH BECOME CLEARER FOR EVERYONE MODULE 1 CONTAINS TWO VIDEOS: 1 WALK THE DOG – PLAYED ON SLIDE 2 CLIMATE 101 – PLAYED ON SLIDE TO PLAY THE VIDEOS AS EMBEDDED VIDEO FILES YOU WILL NEED TO ENSURE BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION TRAINER GUIDE IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION, OPEN BOTH VIDEOS IN WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER AND HAVE EACH ONE READY TO PLAY WHEN YOU CLICK OUT OF THE RELEVANT SLIDE AND INTO WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER (THE VIDEOS ARE SAVED IN THE VIDEOS FOLDER OF THE TRAINING PACKAGE, ALONGSIDE THE TRAINER SLIDES) ENSURE YOU ARE CONNECTED TO SPEAKERS BEFORE YOU START THE PRESENTATION, AND THAT THE VOLUME IS WORKING AND APPROPRIATE TO BE HEARD AT THE BACK OF THE TRAINING VENUE KEY TERMS INTRODUCED IN MODULE