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Heartbeat of the Planet: Reporting on how climate change affects our health

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  1. Objectives and Structure 📋
  2. Lesson 1: Climate Change 🌍
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    3 Quizzes
    1. Basic Climate Change Science
      1. 1.1 Quiz
    2. Causes (Mechanisms) of Climate Change
      1. 1.2 Quiz
    3. Global Impact of Climate Change
      1. 1.3 Quiz
  3. Lesson 2: Direct health impacts 🌪️
    3 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  4. Lesson 3: Indirect health impacts 🌾
    1 Topic
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    1 Quiz
  5. Lesson 4: Solutions Journalism 📰
    2 Topics
  6. Lesson 5: Sources and Resources 📚
    3 Topics

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The topics in this lesson cover the basic science of climate change and introduces fundamental concepts around weather, climate, climate change and climate variability. There are links to glossary for definitions that cover this wide and complex field. Greenhouse gases are discussed as well as how humans are the main drivers of climate change. There is information on how the environment is affected and you will be introduced to the link between climate change and health. 

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