Assessment 1:  Climate Change Advocacy Brief 

GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

This assessment is designed to develop a core health promotion skill: advocacy. 

Written communication skills are vital to effective health promotion practice. In this assessment, you will practice building evidence-informed arguments that are succinct and informative and written for a government official/audience. 

Task: Develop a climate change advocacy brief intended to raise awareness about the health impacts of climate change

Climate change is one of the biggest global health threats of the 21^st century. Yet it is a contested issue that often provokes polarised views. To address this, your task will be to write an advocacy brief to a

relevant government official on the significant human health impacts of climate change. 

In no more than 2 pages, you will write an advocacy piece arguing for the importance of raising public awareness about the (human) health impacts of climate change. You may begin your brief by building on a recent public climate change event (e.g. climate change news/media, new research, natural disaster or weather event).  

Your audience is a government official of your choosing (e.g. Minister of Health, Minister of

Environment, or Prime Minister) so your language should be formal and accessible, and your argument succinct and evidence-based. Your brief can focus locally or globally.