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June 2025

Photo caption: Architectural photograph of glass building filled with plants in Singapore. Photograph by Paula Prekopova.

To ensure a liveable future, we will need rapid transformational change in how we’re living across all of our systems: food, energy, manufacturing, green chemistry, and the built environment.
Sam Myers
Founding and Faculty Director of the Planetary Health Alliance, in a compelling profile by The Lancet.

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New UNDP partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Planetary Health: Building a Livable Future for All

Governance and Policy Equity and Justice

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New UNDP partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Planetary Health: Building a Livable Future for All

The Planetary Health Alliance’s partner network, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health, has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Development Programme to establish a Collaborating Centre on Planetary Health.
Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) with Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall. Indigenous Planetary Health.

Education Indigenous Knowledge and Voices

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Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) with Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall. Indigenous Planetary Health.

This podcast episode features Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall, who brought forward the concept of Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing)—a framework that values multiple perspectives and the integration of diverse knowledge systems.
Samuel S Myers: Planetary health champion. The Lancet.

Planetary Health Frameworks

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Samuel S Myers: Planetary health champion. The Lancet.

Samarasekera, U.

Samuel S Myers, the Director of the Planetary Health Alliance and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health, has a message for health professionals.
From individuals to global policy: 10 actions to tackle plastic pollution and protect health. LSHTM Climate Change & Planetary Health.

Noncommunicable Diseases Chemical Pollution

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From individuals to global policy: 10 actions to tackle plastic pollution and protect health. LSHTM Climate Change & Planetary Health.

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The article outlines ten strategies to combat plastic pollution, emphasizing its health impacts and the need for systemic change. It advocates for policy reform, community action, and interdisciplinary research to create sustainable alternatives.
Climate change and malaria control: A call to urgent action from Africa’s frontlines. Malaria Journal.

Infectious Diseases Climate Change

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Climate change and malaria control: A call to urgent action from Africa’s frontlines. Malaria Journal.

Caminade, C., Ayala, D., de Chevigny, T., et al.

This comment reflects the expertise and insights of 19 National Malaria Control/Elimination Programs and aims to raise awareness, inform policy discussions, and strengthen global partnerships to address the intersection of malaria and climate change.
Planetary Health is Public Health

Communications Planetary Health Frameworks

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Planetary Health is Public Health

Planetary Health Alliance and Public Health Communications Collaborative

A guide for communicating about human-driven environmental changes and their impact on human health.
The Hard Tech Report

Climate Change Business and Manufacturing

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The Hard Tech Report

Pangaea Ventures

This report explores hard tech innovations addressing global challenges in climate, energy, food, and health. ​It highlights transformative technologies, investment opportunities, and the convergence of AI, materials science, and advanced manufacturing.
Indigenizing fungal biotechnology for planetary health: An opinion paper. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology.

Technology and Innovation Indigenous Knowledge and Voices

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Indigenizing fungal biotechnology for planetary health: An opinion paper. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology.

Perez, R., Flores, W., Astolfi, M., et al.

This paper proposes a framework aligning fungal biotechnology with Indigenous Knowledge to support Planetary Health, advance the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Targets, and empower Indigenous Peoples in global bioeconomy and conservation efforts.
Global Launch of The Sunway Charter: Faith in Action

Civil Society Culture and Values

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Global Launch of The Sunway Charter: Faith in Action

Abu Moghli, I., Joseph, E., Kaur, C., Mahmood, J., Myers, S., Sanctibhaddo Thawornbanjob, N.

Launch event featuring interfaith leaders discussing faith communities’ role in Planetary Health action. Speakers address faith, justice, and Planetary Health connections, urging solutions through spiritual engagement.
Cristina Arnés Sanz: A rising global health leader. Yale Global Health Review.

Climate Change Health and Care Systems

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Cristina Arnés Sanz: A rising global health leader. Yale Global Health Review.

So, M.

The recent issue of the Yale Global Health Review, titled “Public Health in a Changing Climate” featured personal stories of disability, break-downs of complex papers, and trends seen across the world. This piece features the 2024 Planetary Health Campus Ambassador for Yale University, Cristina Arnés Sanz.

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