Climate-Resilient Public Health Systems Training Course

Prepares health systems and teams to anticipate, respond to and recover from climate-related health risks while keeping essential services running.

PHES · Public Health, Environment & Sustainability ManagementAll Levels#1643ClassroomEnglish , Arabic

Duration

5 Days

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Sectors:Government & Public SectorCategories:Public Health, Environment & Sustainability Management

Course Overview

The Climate-Resilient Public Health Systems Training Course is a specialized professional program designed to strengthen the ability of public health systems, organizations, and operational teams to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate-related health risks. The course examines the growing interaction between climate change, environmental health, occupational health, emergency preparedness, and continuity of essential services, providing participants with practical approaches for building stronger and more adaptable health systems. Climate-related hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, storms, deteriorating air quality, water stress, and changing patterns of infectious disease can create complex challenges for public health organizations and operational environments. The program enables participants to understand these interconnected risks, assess exposure and vulnerability, identify critical weaknesses, and establish priorities for adaptation and resilience. Particular attention is given to converting climate and health information into practical risk-management decisions. The course is highly relevant to the oil and gas sector, where climate conditions can affect workforce health, remote and offshore operations, industrial facilities, emergency medical services, water availability, environmental conditions, and operational continuity. Participants examine how climate-related health risks can be incorporated into occupational health, Health, Safety and Environment management, emergency response, business continuity, sustainability, and enterprise risk management frameworks. The program is strongly practical and emphasizes risk assessment, vulnerability analysis, adaptation planning, early warning, emergency preparedness, health surveillance, and resilience performance measurement. Through case studies, scenario exercises, and applied workshops, participants develop practical solutions for strengthening climate-resilient public health systems and protecting employees, communities, and critical services under changing environmental conditions.

Learning Objectives

Analyze the relationship between climate change, public health, environmental health, and occupational health within organizational and operational contexts.
Assess major climate-related health risks, including extreme heat, flooding, drought, storms, air pollution, water stress, and climate-sensitive diseases.
Identify vulnerable populations, workers, facilities, communities, and services exposed to climate-related health risks.
Apply structured methodologies to assess climate exposure, vulnerability, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity.
Evaluate the resilience of public health systems and operational facilities against climate-related disruptions.
Develop practical climate adaptation measures based on identified health, environmental, and operational risks.
Design appropriate preparedness and response measures for climate-related health emergencies.
Strengthen early-warning, health surveillance, and environmental monitoring approaches for climate-sensitive risks.
Integrate climate resilience considerations into occupational health, HSE, emergency management, sustainability, and business continuity processes.
Develop meaningful indicators for monitoring climate-health resilience, preparedness, response capacity, and organizational performance.
Assess gaps in existing climate and public health preparedness arrangements and establish improvement priorities.
Develop a practical climate-resilience action plan for a public health organization, industrial facility, or oil and gas operation by the end of the course.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for public health managers, environmental health professionals, occupational health specialists, health and safety managers, HSE professionals, environmental managers, sustainability professionals, emergency preparedness and response personnel, climate risk specialists, health program managers, epidemiology and health surveillance professionals, and specialists responsible for environmental and public health risk management. It is particularly relevant to professionals working within the oil and gas, energy, industrial, and infrastructure sectors, including HSE managers, occupational health managers, site medical personnel, operations managers, facility managers, emergency response teams, business continuity professionals, environmental specialists, sustainability managers, and risk professionals. The course is also suitable for government officials, public-sector managers, regulatory professionals, senior executives, and decision makers responsible for public health policy, climate resilience, environmental protection, workforce wellbeing, and organizational preparedness.

Learning Outcomes

Explain how climate change can influence public health, environmental health, occupational health, and health system resilience.
Identify key climate-related hazards and evaluate their potential health and operational consequences.
Conduct a structured assessment of climate exposure and vulnerability within a public health or operational environment.
Evaluate the potential health impacts of extreme heat, flooding, drought, storms, air pollution, and water-related risks.
Assess climate-related occupational health risks affecting workers in industrial, remote, offshore, and outdoor environments.
Identify weaknesses in health infrastructure, emergency preparedness, medical services, and essential-service continuity.
Prioritize climate-health risks according to exposure, vulnerability, potential impact, and organizational capacity.
Develop practical adaptation and risk-reduction measures for identified climate-related health threats.
Design early-warning, monitoring, surveillance, and reporting mechanisms for climate-sensitive health risks.
Strengthen emergency preparedness and response plans for climate-related public health events.
Integrate climate resilience into HSE management, enterprise risk management, sustainability, and business continuity planning.
Prepare an actionable climate-resilience plan with defined priorities, responsibilities, monitoring indicators, and implementation measures.

Course Outline

Course Outline:

Day 1

Foundations of Climate Resilience and Public Health Systems

Understanding climate change and its implications for public health systems
The relationship between climate hazards, environmental conditions, and health outcomes
Direct and indirect health impacts of climate change
Extreme heat, heat stress, flooding, drought, storms, and other climate-related hazards
Climate impacts on air quality, water quality, sanitation, and environmental health
Climate-sensitive infectious diseases and changing patterns of health risks
Vulnerable populations, occupational groups, and communities
Understanding exposure, sensitivity, vulnerability, adaptive capacity, and resilience
Characteristics of climate-resilient public health systems
Maintaining essential health services during climate-related disruptions
Organizational preparedness and resilience principles
Practical application: Preliminary assessment of climate resilience for a public health organization or operational facility

Day 2

Climate and Health Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis

Principles and frameworks for climate-health risk assessment
Identifying climate hazards, exposure pathways, and potential health consequences
Assessing exposure, sensitivity, vulnerability, and adaptive capacity
Occupational heat exposure and heat-stress risk assessment
Flood, storm, drought, and extreme-weather risk assessment
Water availability, water quality, and climate-related health risks
Air pollution, environmental exposure, and occupational health risks
Climate risks affecting remote and resource-constrained locations
Assessing the impact of climate hazards on health services and critical resources
Risk prioritization based on likelihood, severity, exposure, and vulnerability
Developing climate-health risk registers and risk profiles
Practical application: Conducting a climate vulnerability assessment and establishing priority risks for a selected organization or site

Day 3

Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems in the Oil and Gas Sector

Climate change and occupational health risks in oil and gas operations
Managing heat stress in onshore and offshore working environments
Protecting workers during extreme temperatures and changing weather conditions
Climate-related health risks in exploration, drilling, production, and processing operations
Health challenges associated with offshore and remote facilities
Climate impacts on site medical services, emergency medical response, and worker support
Water, sanitation, hygiene, and environmental health management at remote locations
Integrating climate-health risks into HSE management systems
Operational continuity during extreme weather and climate-related disruptions
Integrating climate resilience into emergency management and business continuity
Coordination between occupational health, operations, HSE, emergency response, and sustainability teams
Practical application: Assessing the climate resilience of an oil and gas facility and developing workforce protection measures

Day 4

Climate Adaptation, Emergency Preparedness, and Response

Principles of climate adaptation and public health resilience
Identifying and evaluating climate adaptation options
Developing climate-related health preparedness strategies
Early-warning systems for climate and public health risks
Preparedness for extreme heat, flooding, storms, drought, and other climate events
Emergency medical and public health response to climate-related incidents
Maintaining essential health and operational services during emergencies
Medical, human-resource, and logistical preparedness for climate events
Risk communication and public health awareness during climate emergencies
Protecting vulnerable workers, communities, and high-risk populations
Post-event recovery, evaluation, and lessons learned
Practical application: Simulation of a climate-related health emergency and development of an integrated preparedness, response, and recovery plan

Day 5

Governance, Monitoring, and Strategic Climate Resilience Planning

Governance of climate resilience and public health preparedness
Integrating climate risks into public health strategy and enterprise risk management
Developing policies and procedures for climate-resilient health systems
Climate-health resilience indicators and performance measurement
Health, environmental, and climate data monitoring and trend analysis
Using climate and health information to support evidence-based decision making
Reporting climate-health risks and resilience performance to senior management
Integrating climate resilience with HSE, sustainability, and environmental management
Linking climate adaptation with business continuity and operational resilience
Identifying capability, resource, infrastructure, and preparedness gaps
Continuous improvement and long-term resilience planning
Final workshop: Development of a comprehensive Climate-Resilient Public Health Systems action plan covering risk assessment, vulnerability analysis, adaptation priorities, workforce protection, early warning, emergency preparedness, essential-service continuity, governance, performance indicators, and implementation priorities.

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Zurich · 14 – 18 Dec 2026 · Classroom

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