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 OUR HEALTH DEPENDS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT

Photo by Júlia Pontés



The Planetary Health Alliance is a consortium of over 300 universities,
non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and government entities
from around the world committed to understanding and addressing global
environmental change and its health impacts.



WHAT'S NEW AT THE PHA:


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: PHAM 2022

The 2022 PHAM Call for Abstracts is now open! Learn more and submit yours today.


READ THE APRIL 2022 NEWSLETTER.

View the newsletter here.


PROMISE OF PLANETARY HEALTH


Watch the PHA's new video, the Promise of Planetary Health, today!


THE PLANETARY HEALTH COLLOQUIUM SERIES


Join scientific researchers and leaders from private, public and non-profit
organizations that are pioneering the way to a world where all people thrive by
protecting and regenerating Earth’s natural systems for generations to come.
Learn more and register here.


JOIN OUR 10 NEW REGIONAL HUBS.

Learn more about our newly launched Regional Hubs here and join the conversation
on Hylo here.


A CALL TO ACTION FOR A WELL BEING AGENDA: THE NEED FOR A PLANETARY HEALTH
APPROACH

Watch A Call to Action for a Well being Agenda: the Need for a Planetary Health
Approach, here.


This webinar was held in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO)
and the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), and co-sponsored by the
World Federation of Public Health Association (WFPHA) as part of their Global
Public Health Week



WHY PLANETARY HEALTH?

 




Never before has humanity’s footprint on Earth’s natural systems been so large.
We are outstripping available resources from the only habitable planet we know.
Since 1950, the human population has increased by nearly 200%; fossil fuel
consumption by over 550%; and marine fish capture by over 350%. We’ve placed
dams on about 60% of the world’s rivers, we’ve cleared nearly half of temperate
and tropical forests, we use nearly half of accessible freshwater every year,
and we appropriate about half of the planet’s livable surface to feed ourselves.

 

 




Our environment is changing. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising at a
record pace, with the current levels having increased by about 24% since the
1950s. 2016 was Earth's warmest year on record, and 2018 was the warmest one for
oceans, which have also become 30% more acidic since the Industrial Revolution.
Pollinators, which are needed for plants and crops to grow, are disappearing
worldwide. Biodiversity is rapidly being lost as an estimated 150 species become
extinct each day, which is 1,000 times higher than the "natural" or "background"
rate.




 




And it's affecting our health. Climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation,
and other factors affect where, when, and how intensely infectious diseases
emerge. Increased drought, declining pollinators, and extreme storms make it
harder to grow food, and some crops are also becoming less nutritious because of
atmospheric changes, making people more susceptible to malnutrition and disease.
Air pollution, whether from industrial emissions or smoke from fires clearing
forests for agricultural use, can lead to cardiorespiratory illnesses and other
diseases. Hurricanes and other major storms put people’s lives at risk. And
witnessing the degradation of our world can have severe consequences for our
mental health.

 




Everything is connected — what we do to the world comes back to affect us, and
not always in ways that we would expect. Understanding and acting upon these
challenges call for massive collaboration across disciplinary and national
boundaries to safeguard our health.

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pha@harvard.edu

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PLANETARY HEALTH ALLIANCE

THE PLANETARY HEALTH ALLIANCE IS A CONSORTIUM OF OVER 120 DEDICATED
UNIVERSITIES, NGOS, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, AND OTHER PARTNERS
AROUND THE WORLD COMMITTED TO ADVANCING PLANETARY HEALTH.

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