Launched in early 2017, the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) was developed over the course of 2016, born from a meeting at the December 2015 COP-21 conference in Paris. At COP-21, a special session was held to highlight the need for greater investment in the study of and planning for the health impacts of climate change. The U.S. White House and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health’s Climate and Health Program spearheaded a pledge that was announced at the session, which was signed by 115 health professions schools and programs around the world, to educate tomorrow’s leaders on the health impacts of climate change.

The Citizens’ Public Health Literacy program strives to bridge this gap through community-based participatory research approaches. Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health graduate students and faculty, equipped with critical feedback from community partners, aim to develop an online public health training curriculum positioned to increase participants’ understanding of basic public health concepts and empower them to identify reputable research and public health sources.

The Climate Clinic is a podcast series brought by the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education focus on the latest climate and health headlines. Through four unique podcast streams, audience can hear about breaking climate and health headlines, in depth discussions with experts and professionals from situations unfolding around the world, mobilize and share perspectives from the powerful student body and finally, help all health-related professionals to be the change, starting today.