%0 Journal Article
%@ 2107-6952
%A Sauerborn, Rainer
%C London; Rennes
%D 2016
%F heidok:22000
%I BioMed Central; Presses de l'EHESP
%J Public Health Reviews
%N 18
%P 1-4
%T Why should health be a central argument in climate negotiations? Can a MOOC help to bring the message across?
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/22000/
%V 37
%X 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”.