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Planetary Health for All: Bridging Communities to Achieve the Great Transition
Overview:
PHAM 2021, hosted by the Planetary Health Alliance and the University of São Paulo, aimed to bridge communities to achieve the Great Transition by highlighting collective Planetary Health values; showcasing change-making science, stories, solutions, and communities; and building systemic solutions across economics, governance, and civil society.
This virtual convening brought together scientists, youth, policymakers, educators, the private sector, artists, and more for 90+ sessions over five days. It was themed “Planetary Health for All: Bridging Communities to Achieve the Great Transition.” Why? Because we understand that all voices need to be heard in order to ensure the planet, its natural systems, and all life thrive for generations to come. We are all part of the solution and therefore we need contributions from all parts of the globe to inspire our endeavor of Bridging Communities to Achieve the Great Transition.
Originally intended to be held in person in São Paulo, Brazil, the convening was held virtually following the COVID-19 outbreak. The conference organizers took that opportunity to expand the program to an entire week and included 20 arts sessions throughout. More than 5,000 individuals from 130 countries registered.
The conference had three types of sessions:
A collection of 23 selected abstracts was published in The Lancet Planetary Health. The complete book of 2021 Planetary Health Annual Meeting Abstracts, along with all the conference posters, is also available.
Simultaneous translation for the event was made available from English into French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin.
The São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health was developed openly and collaboratively by the global community with assistance from the United Nations Development Program and was released at the end of the 2021 Planetary Health Annual Meeting. It is an urgent call to action that has signatories from approximately 50 countries worldwide.
| PRECONFERENCE DAY - Sunday, April 25 | |
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| Main Program | Side Events |
| PHA Membership Meeting | Uniting African and Planetary Communities for a Healthy and Sustainable Earth: A Participatory Dialogue to Promote Diverse Partnerships |
| PHA Regional Hubs 2.0 Launch | Clinicians for Planetary Health (C4PH) - Trusted Voices, Trusted Message |
| Hylo Side Session |
| DAY 1 - Monday, April 26: FOUNDATIONAL VALUES FOR PLANETARY HEALTH | ||
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| Main Program | Side Events | Festival Events |
| Opening Ceremony | A Symposium on the Therapeutic Use of Poetry and Music in Climate Change and Health Education in Nigeria | A Mensagem do Xamã com Davi Kopenawa (The Shaman's Message with Davi Kopenawa) |
| Keynote: Robin Wall Kimmerer, "Towards the Great Transition: a value-driven approach" | The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Regional Responses | Marivelton Baré e Orquestra Multiétnica (Marivelton Baré and Multi-Ethnic Orchestra) |
| Panel: The change we need must be based on shared values | Small but Resilient - The Caribbean Response to Planetary Health Problems | A(terrar): The Urgency of Expressing a World that is Quick Changing |
| Interview: What does it mean to be happy in the 21st century? | Nurses are Here! A Global Planetary Movement | The Great Transition Within |
| Closing Remarks | The Unprecedented Planetary Health Emergency of Committed Global Climate Change and Essential Responses | In the Movements of the Earth |
| Science Lightning Talks - Mental Health | Oceania - Building Bridges to Cross the Planetary Health Chasm |
| DAY 2 - Tuesday, April 27: KNOWLEDGE FOR PLANETARY HEALTH | ||
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| Main Program | Side Events | Festival Events |
| Poster Session 1 | Digital Technologies and Access to Equitable Healthcare: Available Data and the Future of Telehealth Adoption in Brazil | Iran Neves Ordonio e A Floresta Cura (Iran Neves Ordonio and The Healing Forest) |
| Opening Remarks | A Planetary Health Blind Spot: Revealing the Potential of Women and the Global South to Safeguard Nature | Edson Kayapó e Mekaron - A Imagem da Alma (Edson Kayapó and Mekaron - The Image of the Soul) |
| Panel: Planetary Health, Transdisciplinarity and Academic Careers: new structures for a new science and education | Citizen Science: An Approach to Promote Planetary Health | Ibã Sales Huni-Kuin |
| Panel: How to promote planetary health science and education: a funder's perspective | The Future of Planetary Health Education | Nature & Music: A Short Art Song Recital |
| Interview: Tools for Planetary Health Education | SARS Cov2 in the Sewage - State of the Knowledge | Sound Art Online Installation (First Emergence) |
| Closing Remarks | Sustainable Diets and Food Systems Hub | Ecosystem Health Education: Student Film Festival Showcase |
| Science Lightning Talks - Food & Nutrition | COVID-19 & Internet Traffic in Brazil | |
| Escassez Hidrica nos Grandes Centros Urbanos | ||
| Sustainable Aging and Planetary Health | ||
| n Introduction to Technology and Innovation for Planetary Health: Exploring a Case Example of Food Security and Farmer Sustainability | ||
| Ecosystem Health Education: Teaching Leadership and SDGs Through Team-based Assignments | ||
| Hope for Diversity: Healing Ourselves and Planet Earth through Planetary Health Friendship | ||
| Deconstructing Climate Misinformation to Identify Reasoning Errors |
| DAY 3 - Wednesday, April 28: RECONSTRUCTING ECONOMIES FOR PRESENT & FUTURE GENERATIONS | ||
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| Main Program | Side Events | Festival Events |
| Poster Session 2 | Global Health and Planetary Health: Perspectives for a Transition to a More Sustainable World | Indigenous Village Renaissance "Agroecology and Sustainability" / Aldeia indigena Renascer "Agroecologia e Sustentabilidade" |
| Opening Remarks | Food Supply Chain and Planetary Health Challenges | Earth Renaissance: Meeting with Tekoa / Terra Renascer: de encontro com o Tekoa |
| Panel: New businesses for a new society | The Change We Need in Health and Quality of Life in Largest City | Terraqueous Meditations: a musical journey in Tietê River |
| Panel: The role of businesses in leading the protein revolution | Digital Inclusion and the Response to COVID-19: New Evidence and Policy Issues | |
| Interview: Valuing and measuring economic success: what is next? | Evidence in Support of Green "Prescriptions" by Healthcare Clinicians as a Low- cost, Effective Intervention in Disease Prevention and in the Care of Chronic Illnesses | |
| Closing Remarks | Children and Planetary Health: Collaboratively Connecting and Uniting for Healthy Children and a Healthy Planet | |
| Science Lightning Talks - Non-communicable Disease | PHA Living Labs Workshop | |
| Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Planetary Health: Focus on Climate Change Effect Mitigation on Human Health, in the Lens of SDGs Number 3, 11 and 17 | ||
| Indigenous Values and Principles, and Planetary Health |
| DAY 4 - Thursday, April 29: GOVERNANCE & COOPERATION | ||
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| Main Program | Side Events | Festival Events |
| Poster Session 3 | PHAM Evaluating Student Knowledge Exchange Through Immersive International Experiences | Rodrigo Prates Junqueira e Vídeo Povos da Floresta (Rodrigo Prates Junqueira and Forest Peoples Video) |
| Opening Remarks | Brazilian Planetary Health Club: Reflections and Tips on Building a PH Club | A Planetary Health Model in South East Madagascar: Community Led Solutions to Protect the Manombo Special Reserve |
| Panel: Planetary health diplomacy: saving multilateralism to save ourselves | The Importance of the Use of Cultural Spaces in the Peripheral Areas East of São Paulo: Mental Health for Young People | Cooking Together to Celebrate Planetary Diversity |
| Panel: From theory to practice: how to implement PH solutions on the ground | A Planetary Health approach to the Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Indonesia, Madagascar, and Brazil | Sound Art Collaborative Online Installation |
| Interview: Leadership and the Planetary Health lens in governance and policy | Blockchain for Good - Using Technology for Addressing Climate Change/Biodiversity Issues | |
| Closing Remarks | The Health of South American Atlantic and Antarctic Marine Ecosystems in a Post-Pandemic World | |
| Science Lightning Talks - Infectious Disease | An Urgent Discussion: Should Family Doctors Consider Being More Assertive About Advising Their Patients to Cut Down on Red Meat? | |
| What Would be a Capacity Building Process in Planetary Health? Which Contents? Which Skills? Which Attitudes? | ||
| Reflections on Global Grief in COVID-19 | ||
| Panorama de Datos Sobre Salud Planetaria en Panamá |
| DAY 5 - Friday, April 30: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & SOCIAL CHANGE | ||
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| Main Program | Side Events | Festival Events |
| Opening Remarks | Social Sciences for Planetary Health | CORAL_RÁDIO CECI JARAGUÁ GUARANI |
| Panel: Civil society taking the lead | Climate Change and Human Health - From Knowledge to Action | Tawanã Kariri-Xocó Fulkaxó e Cristine Takuá |
| Panel: Activating the mainstream: Our urgent planetary health mission to protect the future | Scaling up Planetary Health Awareness and Practices for Transformative Action among the Eastern African Community | Para Onde Vamos? |
| Vision: São Paulo Declaration | Neighborhood Assistance - A Chance to Create Healthy and Sustainable Cities | We Regenerate Rainforests |
| Closing Ceremony | 2020 PHCA Program: Showcasing Projects and Initiatives | Bro Mcs |
| Science Lightning Talks - Displacement and Conflict | Solar World Cinema | Communicating the Impacts of Climate Change Through Arts and Dance |
| Planting the Seeds for Planetary Health YOUTH by YOUTH | Yoga for Planetary Health | |
| Creating Feasible and Effective Pathways to a Healthy, Zero-carbon World. Evidence from Real-World Scenarios | ||
| How Radically Listening to Communities is Addressing the Climate and Nature Crisis: Results from Proof of Concept Site for Health In Harmony | ||
| Building Bridges Between Science and Society: How Can Parenting and Family Activism Contribute to Advance the Climate Agenda? |
Agnes Binagwaho: Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
Aileen Lee: Chief Program Officer, Environmental Conservation Gordon and Betty Moore
Antonio Saraiva: Professor, University of São Paulo
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias: Associate Professor, University of Brasilia
Bruce Friedrich: Executive Director and Co-founder, The Good Food Institute
Carlos Faerron: Associate Director, Planetary Health Alliance
Cicilia Githaiga: Technical Advisor, GIZ ABS Capacity Development Initiative
Connie White Delaney: Professor and Dean, School of Nursing University of Minnesota
Corinne Reid: Provost (Interim) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Victoria University
Courtney Howard: Former President, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Diane Holdorf: Managing Director of Food & Nature, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Eliana Sousa Silva: Founder and Director, Redes da Maré
Ethan Brown: Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Beyond Meat
Herton Escobar: Special Reporter, University of São Paulo
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim: President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad
Jamil Chade: Brazilian Journalist, Columnist, UOL and BandNews TV in Geneva
Jane Davidson: Pro Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Jera Guarani: Brazilian Indigenous Leader, Tenonde Porã Village
John Fullerton: Founder and President, Capital Institute
John Helliwell: University of British Columbia
Jonathan Rose: President, Rose Companies
Julia Kim: Program Director, GNH Centre Bhutan
Justin Worland: Senior Correspondent, Time Magazine
Karenna Gore: Director, Center for Earth Ethics
Kotchakorn Voraakhom: CEO and Founder, Landprocess/Porous City
Lucy Muulenkei: Executive Director, Indigenous Information Network
Luiz Eugenio Araujo de Morais Mello: Scientific Director, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Madeleine Thomson: Senior Science Lead, Climate Change and Health, Our Planet, Our Health, Wellcome Trust
Martin Hermann: President, German Alliance Climate Change and Health
Mary Evelyn Tucker: Co-Founder and Co-Director, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
Mayara Floss: Family Physician, WONCA
Melvine Anyango: Planetary Health Next Generation Fellow, University of Eldoret
Nainoa Thompson: President, Polynesian Voyaging Society
Nicole Redvers, ND, MPH: UND / Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation
Nicole de Paula: Founder, Women Leaders for Planetary Health
Omnia El Omrani: Liaison Officer for Public Health, International Federation of Medical Students’ Association
Riane Eisler: President, Center for Partnership Systems
Robin Wall Kimmerer: Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York
Rolph Payet: Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Sandeep Maharaj: Associate Dean Distance Education, Planning and Projects, University of the West Indies
Sandrine Dixson-Declève: Co-President, Club of Rome
Sarah Finnie Robinson: Founding Director, 51 Percent Project
Silvia Lagnado: Sustainable Growth Officer, Natura&Co
Stefanos Fotiou: Director, Environment and Development Division, United Nations ESCAP
Teddie Potter: Director of Planetary Health, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Thomas Jonas: Co-Founder and CEO, Nature’s Fynd
Tom Szaky: Founder & CEO, Terracycle
Vik Mohan: Medical Director, Blue Ventures Conservation
Virgilio Viana: Director General, Sustainable Amazon Foundation
Wanjira Mathai: Vice President and Regional Director for Africa, World Resources Institute
Will Evison: Director, Sustainability Strategy, PwC
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