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This chapter outlines the role of education and research in fostering human and planetary health and describes the example of the project “KlimaGESUND”, which attempts to foster awareness of and preparedness for the health impacts of climate change in health sciences and public health higher education in Germany.
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The KlimaGESUND project was carried out at the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” (FTZ-NK) at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. We thank all Bachelor’s and Master’s students for their contributions and engagement with the project and are grateful for collaborating with highly committed partners in the field of health research and education in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Munich, Berlin, and beyond. The project was funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection (ID 67DAS199) from 01/2020 to 03/2022.
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Leal Filho, W., Boenecke, J., Taser, D., Heimfarth, J. (2023). The Role of Education and Research in Human and Planetary Health. In: Leal Filho, W., Vidal, D.G., Dinis, M.A.P. (eds) Climate Change and Health Hazards. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26592-1_23
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