Pan American Climate Resilient Health Systems

The document provides a syllabus for two training sessions. Session 1 focuses on climate change risks to health systems and the sector's contribution to global warming. Session 2 focuses on vulnerability and adaptation assessments, identifying at-risk populations, and cross-sectoral collaboration to reduce health risks.

• The first session of the course aims to teach participants how to identify both acute and slow-onset climate risks to healthcare systems and understand how health system capacity and resilience can mitigate these impacts. It also examines how healthcare systems contribute to global warming and create negative health externalities on local and global scales.
• The second session focuses on the methodology of climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments, which serve as the foundation for health system resilience and preparedness. This includes identifying high-risk populations, establishing baselines for monitoring future risks, and providing evidence for projected health risks.
• The course emphasizes the necessity of intersectoral collaboration to reduce health risks, specifically mentioning the need to work with decision makers in sectors such as energy, agriculture, transportation, infrastructure, urban planning, and water.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). Pan American Climate Resilient Health Systems. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/gcche_ResilienceCourse_Ses1_2LOs(1).pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Pan American Climate Resilient Health Systems. n.d. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/gcche_ResilienceCourse_Ses1_2LOs(1).pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndpan, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Pan American Climate Resilient Health Systems}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/gcche_ResilienceCourse_Ses1_2LOs(1).pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }