Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Planetary Health: Climate Change and Infectious Disease
This course explored the Anthropocene, where human activity has become a major force shaping climatic, environmental and geological changes. You also investigated the impact of climate change on infectious disease outbreaks, focusing on dengue fever.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Markus Fraundorfer
Associate Professor of Global Governance
University of Leeds
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the concept of the Anthropocene in academic debate.
- Explore the impact of anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation on infectious disease outbreaks.
- Identify the principal reasons for record-breaking dengue pandemics in the global south over the past few years.
- Assess the socio-environmental determinants of dengue fever outbreaks.
- Discuss critically different policy approaches to dengue fever outbreaks.
- Reflect on the challenges of controlling dengue fever in times of accelerating climate change.
Syllabus
- The concept of the Anthropocene.
- The Great Acceleration and what triggered it.
- How everyday activities contribute to environmental degradation and climate change.
- The causes of dengue fever.
- Socio-environmental barriers to effective dengue control.
- The politics of dengue fever outbreaks
Issued on 3rd November 2026
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