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The Future of Careers at the Intersection of Climate
Change and Public Health: What Can Job Postings
and an Employer Survey Tell Us?

This article published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, researchers trace the relationship between climate change and the job market for those in the public health field through job postings. Climate change is credited to be one of the most influential factors in the exponential growth of this market. They cite the Council on Education in Public Health stating how influential climate change competency and understanding’s importance to the workforce is as it “allow[s] public health professionals to protect human health from climate change impacts, such as analyzing data, discussing structural bias, assessing population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health and applying systems thinking”.