The course aimed at developing specific knowledge on the main features of climate change, and of its impact on health, human environment and water. The course was held in the Ecole Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg (ENGEES), France, from 12 to 16 November 2012. It was devoted to young people with high scientific background from Europe or from member-countries of the EUR-OPA Agreement: engineers, geologists, biologists, students in medicine.