In: Public Health Reviews, 37 (2016), Nr. 18. pp. 1-4. ISSN 2107-6952
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Abstract
There are four key messages from health for climate negotiations. Two positive ones include (i) health as a motivator for action and policy and (ii) huge health co-benefits to be included in the cost-benefit trade-offs of climate negotiations. Two warning messages: (iii) there are health-based absolute limits of adaptations and (iv) hotter average temperatures will cut work productivity of farmers and other outdoor workers as well as workers in non-air conditioned factories in poor countries. This paper will examine how massive open online courses (MOOCs) have been used in the run-up to this COP to disseminate these four messages to the audience of high-level policy-makers. This required a departure from the classic MOOC format in several ways: duration, focus on decision-making rationale, policy-relevant messages presented in big brush, leaving “traceable accounts” to evidence in two layers of resources provided: essential and “deep dive”.
Document type: | Article |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Public Health Reviews |
Volume: | 37 |
Number: | 18 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central; Presses de l'EHESP |
Place of Publication: | London; Rennes |
Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2016 12:46 |
Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 2107-6952 |
Page Range: | pp. 1-4 |
Faculties / Institutes: | Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg > Institut für Public Health (IPH) |
DDC-classification: | 300 Social sciences 610 Medical sciences Medicine |