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Climate Change and Human Health


Mise à jour en cours pour 2025-2026

PSL Week du 2 au 6 mars 2026

Objectif :

The aim of this PSL week is to provide an overview of the current state of questions and knowledge concerning the links between climate change and human health. In addition to the health impacts of climate change, an important part of the week will focus on the significant health co-benefits that can be expected from certain climate change mitigation strategies. The tools allowing to estimate these co-benefits will be presented. The importance of considering health and social inequalities in climate change research and risk management will be illustrated.

 
Salle :

Enseignants responsables :

Rémy Slama (Pr. Attaché ENS) et Kévin Jean (CPJ ENS-PSL), IBENS, ENS.

 

Topic

Content and duration

Speakers

 

1. Fundamentals of climate change (2h)

 

LMD, par ex.

C Cassou.

 

2. Climate change health impacts (10h)

a. Temperature (4-6 h)

b. Other extreme weather events (1h)

c. Biodiversity-mediated effects (1h)

d. Other pathways: crop production, migrations

e. Inequalities in impacts (1-2h)

RS, KJ

Biodiversity: Raphaël Métras ?

 

 

3. Protecting from climate change consequences (adaptation)(2h)

a. Evidence regarding adaptation against temperature effects

b. Adapting cities to climate change

c. Adaptation against flooding, drought and extreme weather events

a. RS

b. Martin Hendel (UPC)

c. Hydro-climatology : Agnès Ducharme (UMR METIS)[S’assurer qu’ils connaissent les aspects santé]

 

4. Mitigating climate change: cobenefits (4 h)

Sector-specific talks (agrifood, transportation, energy, housing sectors, urbanism…). Overall health impact of net zero carbon emission scenarios

RS, KJ

 

 

5. Tools to quantify benefits and optimize decarbonation pathways (1h?)

Health impact assessment (HIA)

Other?

 

 

6. Moving towards net zero carbon emissions (3h?)

a. Overall possible principles. Examples from other environmental issues

b. Bans

c. Financial tools/incitation

 

 

Team work: short film on arguments for climate action (3h)

Students will work in groups to develop films targeting actors at various levels: individuals, collectivities, head of state, international

 

 

Role game: “2 tons” – (4h)

[TBD: acting on GHG emissions at the micro or global scales?]

 

 

 

Pré-requis : Anglais.

 

Date : 2-6 mars 2026

 

Modalités de validation : Presence and evaluation of the short movie. Catch-up via a multiple-choice questionnaire

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Contact

■ Adresse
CERES
École Normale supérieure
45 rue d’Ulm
F-75230 Paris cedex 05
et (salle de cours du CERES et bureau supplémentaire) :
24 rue Lhomond
75005 Paris
48 boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris

Contact : 01 44 32 38 51

■ Direction
Alessandra Giannini, Marc Fleurbaey

■  Direction du master "Science de la durabilité"
Corinne Robert - corinne.robert[at]ens.psl.eu

■  Responsable pédagogique
Direction des études : Yaël Gagnepain - yael.gagnepain[at]ens.psl.eu
Master "Science de la durabilité" : Juliette Astorg - juliette.astorg[at]ens.psl.eu

■  Responsable partenariats acteurs non-académiques
Annabel Lavigne - annabel.lavigne[at]ens.psl.eu

■ Administration
Gestion financière : Kadija Aouni - kadija.aouni[at]ens.psl.eu
Master "Science de la durabilité" : Paloma Cattalano - paloma.cattalano[at]ens.psl.eu
Projet transition écologique et sociale : Blandine Lathuilllière - blandine.lathuilliere[at]ens.psl.eu

 

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