Free course: Climate Medicine training for family doctors and educators

Free course: Climate Medicine clinical training for healthcare educators

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health is offering a free, live-virtual course called Climate Medicine: A Clinical Training Program for Healthcare Educators. It is designed to help clinicians and educators build practical competency in climate-informed clinical care, and to integrate climate and health into medical education and day-to-day practice.

Columbia notes that clinicians are increasingly seeing the health consequences of climate change in everyday practice. The programme aims to support health professionals to identify, prevent, and manage climate-related health risks, and to contribute to efforts that reduce the health sector’s environmental footprint.

The course is a comprehensive 16-session programme. Sessions include climate and health foundation content, followed by specialty-focused sessions. All sessions are offered in English, with live English closed captioning.

A certificate of participation is available for those who meet the attendance and assessment requirements. (YouTube viewing does not count towards certificate requirements.)

Learn more and register: Climate Medicine (Europe)

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Other regional courses, including Eastern Mediterranean

Columbia’s Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) offers free courses that are open to the public, including regionally-tailored courses aligned with World Health Organization regions. Courses are currently live-virtual, with recordings posted after sessions.

A related programme is now running: The Eastern Mediterranean Climate and Health Responders Course (February 11 to April 29, 2026).

Learn more and register: Eastern Mediterranean course

WONCA understands that additional regional courses are expected for Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific. We will share updates as these open.

WONCA’s commitment to planetary health

WONCA supports family doctors to protect health in a changing climate, and to strengthen primary care responses to environmental and climate-related risks. This aligns with the work of the WONCA Working Party on Planetary Health , which connects family doctors and primary care teams committed to education, advocacy, and practical action.

World Family Doctor Day 2024

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