Promoting public education on health effects of climate change

A systematic approach to environmental education, communication and information transfer can bridge the gaps between professionals, policy-makers and citizens. In addition, formal education programmes for schoolchildren can be coupled in a complementary way with information addressed to the wider public to improve knowledge, raise awareness, question attitudes and lead to voluntary changes in the behaviour of individuals, households and firms.

1. Promoting health education
2. Informing about health effects of climate change
3. Expanding public information on protection of the atmosphere
4. Educating public health

1. Raising public awareness of water-related disease control

1. Providing public health information
2. Promoting public participation in national environmental health action plans
3. Promoting preventative health education for women
4. Managing community health
5. Generating community support for environmental health programmes
6. Expanding public awareness of environmental health hazards
7. Developing early warning public health information systems for climate change
8. Creating information exchange networks to improve urban health
9. Adapting health needs to climate change

1. Providing health information
2. Preparing health education curriculum
3. Expanding involvement of NGOs in public information and education programmes
4. Developing medical informatics
5. Creating bioinformatics
6. Collecting data on state of ecosystems and human health
7. Assisting education institutions to contribute more to public environmental awareness programmes

1. Overeducation
2. Ill
3. Health
4. Education
5. Changeableness
6. Change