This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive picture of how a changing climate and extreme weather or natural disasters affect public health. As climate-related extreme weather events become more severe and frequent, how climate change affects public health is becoming an important and growing concern in the US, and in other parts of the world. Climate related events such as heat waves, cold spells, hurricanes, flooding, severe storms, and power outages have affected multiple health outcomes, including cardiovascular/ respiratory diseases, water-/food- or vector-borne diseases, birth outcomes, injury and mental health. The specific aims of this course are to: 1) Learn the major implications of climate change on public health outcomes; 2) Know what and how basic and specialized methods or tools can be used to analyze health risks from climate change, identify vulnerable populations, and produce risk communication; and 3) Recommend or develop climate-health adaptation strategies or intervention plans by integrating knowledge learned and evidence-based findings from NYS, and working with the instructor and other governmental officials. The overall objective of this new course is to lay a foundation for cross-disciplinary fields by engaging students in lectures, project-based learning, and discussions built around the emerging knowledge base of public health, atmospheric science, and emergency preparedness.