BUILDING MOMENTUM

Planetary Health Alliance 2025 Mid-Year Report

Capturing six months of remarkable growth during our 10th Anniversary year—from 500+ member organizations worldwide to our new UNDP partnership and record PHAM participation. This report is just a preview of the Alliance’s growing capacity to catalyze the systemic changes necessary for a thriving planet and flourishing communities everywhere.

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Summary


The Planetary Health Alliance is now connected across 80+ countries with a mobilized community of 500+ member organizations, each amplifying Planetary Health principles within their own spheres of influence. The numbers in this report tell a story of a global movement gaining momentum at precisely the moment when humanity’s relationship with Earth demands transformation.

Through strategic partnerships with the United Nations Development Programme, leading academic centers, and nongovernmental organizations worldwide, PHA has positioned Planetary Health at the intersection of research, policy, practice, and hope. Our educational initiatives now reach schools around the world, while our 10th Anniversary campaign has sparked storytelling from organizations eager to share their vision for the next decade.

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Through systematic educational integration, strategic policy partnerships, and community mobilization, we’re building a future in which life on Earth advances together. The organizations in our network are agents of transformation within their communities, disciplines, and regions. Their adoption of Planetary Health principles creates ripple effects extending far beyond our direct reach.

Our 10th Anniversary campaign is stimulating reflection on achievements while focusing energy on the challenges ahead. All of the dimensions of health demand awareness and action, research and implementation, individual behavior change and systems transformation. We are an alliance that is ready to continue building community, advancing excellence, influencing policy, and innovating in communications – across every sector of society – to safeguard human health on a rapidly changing planet.

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The next decade will determine whether humanity is successful in navigating immense planetary challenges threatening our health and well-being, and that of all life on Earth. PHA’s role is to ensure that when future generations look back on this period, they will see 2025 as the year when the Planetary Health movement gained the foothold and momentum necessary to transform our relationship with Earth.

Each achievement in this report represents real people making tangible differences in their communities. Each partnership creates new pathways for Planetary Health principles to reach those who need them most. Each publication shifts academic discourse toward greater recognition of the interconnections between human health and the Earth system. In sum, our collective achievements are the changes so acutely needed.

  • Discover achievements and action in each of the tabs below.

Membership & Global Network Expansion

500+

Member Organizations across 80+ countries

55

Campus Ambassadors from 30 countries

6

Regional Hub updates below

Reaching 500+ member organizations in March 2025 signals Planetary Health’s transition from emerging concept to established field and social movement. During 2024 alone, we welcomed 97 new member organizations, with momentum accelerating throughout 2025.

Planetary Health Regional Hubs

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East Asia Regional Hub: Teaming Up

Wide collaboration: Representatives from China, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, and Taiwan joined forces to build momentum for regional engagement

North America Regional Hub: Incubating
  • A governance structure was finalized with co-strategic chairs Kent Boyd and Heather Castledon
  • A first council meeting was successfully conducted, and the first in-person convening of the council is slated to be held in early August – during which the Hub’s priorities will be determined
Transitioning Regional Hubs

European Regional Hub:

  • New hosting coalition selected: Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Fundació Sanitària Mollet, Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of Catalonia, Official Medical Association of Barcelona, and Open University of Catalonia
  • Enhanced Mediterranean focus while maintaining continental coordination

Oceania Regional Hub:

  • Claire Henderson-Wilson & Rebecca Patrick stepped down after leading the Oceania Regional Hub for multiple years; we are grateful for their years of active leadership
  • Now leading is a group formed from members of the Planetary Health Research Centre at Fiji National University
Emerging Hubs
  • Southern Africa: Active presentations to stakeholders in Zambia and Namibia; a committee has formed and an introductory meeting was held
  • Indigenous Hub: Concept development underway

Next Generation

Representation and Network Programming
  • Next Generation representative Nikolaus Mezger is a member of the PHA Steering Committee
  • Speaker series programming established, featuring next-generation voices and expertise
  • Program bandwidth expanded to engage past and present Next Generation community members
Planetary Health Campus Ambassadors (PHCAs)
  • With more than 300 alumni worldwide, the PHCA program’s 2025 cohort is composed of 55 new ambassadors from 30 countries
  • This year saw the highest application volume ever recorded, with over 300 applicants
  • The mid-year evaluation revealed strong program satisfaction and impact
  • Alumni are integrated into our community platform for continued engagement
  • Enhanced mentorship connects ambassadors with Regional Hub leaders
Next Generation Youth Council
  • Global Stories and Shared Earth: Watch Lived Experiences in Planetary Health testimonies

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Our Newest Member Organizations

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FEMPOWER LATAM

Other

V-Life Savers Foundation

V-Life Savers Foundation

Non-Profit Organization

Myanmar Community Health Society (MCHS)

Myanmar Community Health Society (MCHS)

Non-Profit Organization

Lovexair Foundation

Lovexair Foundation

Non-Profit Organization

Health Equity and Systems Transformation Portfolio, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Health Equity and Systems Transformation Portfolio, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

University/Academic Institution

Fundación Salud Planetaria

Fundación Salud Planetaria

Non-Profit Organization

Bangladesh Institute of Innovative Health Research

Bangladesh Institute of Innovative Health Research

Non-Profit Organization

EquiRoots Climate Collective

EquiRoots Climate Collective

Non-Profit Organization

Global Climate and Health Alliance

Global Climate and Health Alliance

Non-Profit Organization

Red CSA Colombia

Red CSA Colombia

Non-Profit Organization

Pakistan Physiological Society – Student Chapter (PPS-SC)

Pakistan Physiological Society – Student Chapter (PPS-SC)

Non-Profit Organization

Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN International)

Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN International)

Non-Profit Organization