As we continue our 10th Anniversary celebrations, we’re thrilled to unveil a special gift to our community: the Planetary Health 10th Anniversary Campaign Toolkit! This comprehensive resource is packed with branded visuals, messaging guides, and digital assets to help you celebrate, reflect, and inspire action around our collective achievements. The evidence is clearer than ever—human-driven environmental change is reshaping the foundations of health and well-being.
This month, we’re especially proud to celebrate the next generation of Planetary Health leaders. We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural Planetary Health Challenge 2025! Ezekiel P. Guanbie (Liberia), Amira Puji Hastuti (Indonesia), and Duaa Suliman (UAE) impressed the judges with their “MOZENA” project, an innovative, community-centered solution leveraging Indigenous knowledge of moringa seeds and zeolite for mercury filtration in Indonesia’s Kapuas River. This global competition, focusing on freshwater solutions, showcased inspiring youth-led initiatives, with one finalist team proposing a community-led water waste regeneration blueprint and another developing a “Water Wise Communities” knowledge hub. The winning team will present their impactful work at PHAM 2025 in Rotterdam! Watch the finalists’ presentations.
The Planetary Health Challenge was just one of several projects undertaken by PHA’s inaugural Next Gen Youth Council this year, with three members completing their terms this month while most will continue for a second year alongside new additions. We honor their leadership and contributions, including the development of the Planetary Health Club Guidelines to inspire students to grow communities of practice at their institutions and the creation of the Global Stories & Shared Earth: Lived Experiences in Planetary Health project to bring personal stories to the forefront.
Meanwhile, momentum across our global network continues to build. The International Human Exposome Network (IHEN) launched the first edition of their newsletter—your gateway to exposome research, collaboration, and events. With 200+ members from 38 countries, IHEN is advancing the science of environmental exposures and their impact on human health. Member institutions like Universidade de Lisboa and Università di Pavia are also expanding Planetary Health education through new PhD and summer school programs.
Looking ahead, we’re excited to co-host three transformative events in the coming months:
- On May 28, in partnership with Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, we’ll launch the Sunway Charter: Faith in Action—a global call for faith communities to lead with compassion and justice toward planetary healing.
- We’re also teaming up with We Are The Possible on June 2 for a pre-COP30 workshop exploring the intersection of arts and Planetary Health, featuring live animation by Hamishibai and a focus on co-creation and creative storytelling.
- In collaboration with the Climate Change and Antimicrobial Resistance Network and Skating Panda, we will co-host a webinar on July 10 focused on the most effective strategies for communicating urgent, Planetary Health challenges.
In this newsletter, click on the tabs above to explore the full collection of:
- Research & Policy: Groundbreaking literature exploring the human health effects of shifts in Earth’s natural systems caused by human activity
- Opportunities: Jobs, funding, fellowships, and more
- Events: Planetary Health conferences, webinars, and trainings
- Read | Watch | Listen: Must-read articles, inspiring videos, and podcasts’
Now is the moment for #PlanetaryHealth to shine. Thank you for being part of this growing global community.