Experts working in a variety of settings will present their recommendations for responding to these challenges, and interested students will have the opportunity to learn about the research methods that measure the health effects of climate change.Ĭreated with support from the Harvard Global Health Institute, this course will explain how climate change impacts people around the globe, but also how it directly affects you and your life.

Many feel powerless in the face of this challenge, but you can make a difference.īy looking at air quality, nutrition, infectious diseases, and human migration, this course will show you how increases in greenhouse gases impact public health. This warming has already had a profound effect.

Of the top twenty hottest years ever recorded, sixteen have occurred in the last two decades.