Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Public and Allied Health
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
6005ENVCPH-SEP-CTY
Aims
This module aims to explore the importance of sustainability and climate change and how they are impacting upon our health and the environment and what remedial action is being and can be taken to reduce these impacts.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Examine the meaning and key challenges related to sustainability and climate change
2.
Critically analyse the impact of sustainability and climate change with reference to environmental/public health
3.
Critically assess the policies and approaches to promote or mitigate sustainability and climate change
4.
Critically evaluate the role of local, national and international organizations in dealing with sustainability and climate change
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Key term definitions, concepts and causes
Sustainability: how to plan measure and create sustainable communities and societies.
Sustainable development goals
Climate change: key concerns and impacts strategies of adaptation and mitigation
The impact of globalization on health and the environment
Local, national, global responses to sustainability and climate change
Additional Information:This module aims to critically examine both sustainability and climate change, which are probably the 2 greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century and the ways in which they impact on environmental and public health. The module also evaluates policy and strategic responses locally, nationally and internationally to environmental/public health concerns.