Swansea Action for Sustainable Healthcare (SWASH) is a Swansea University society that works with health board medical professionals and medical school staff with the aim to reduce the environmental impact of education and healthcare. We assess this impact yearly via meetings with local healthcare professionals and analysis of our Planetary Health Report Card result which enables us to set goals to improve certain areas such as research and community outreach. Over the years we have run campaigns, research projects, sustainable prescribing locally, passed British Medical Association (BMA) motions regarding our curriculum, virtual networking and educational conferences / webinars. We look forward to collaborate within the Planetary Health Community and aim to network with other members, educate ourselves further on novel sustainable healthcare practice, find new opportunities for future initiatives and present our most current projects progression.

Swasti is a global health equity CSO aiming to add 100 million healthy days to the lives of the most marginalized by 2030. Established in 2004, we believe that this can only be achieved through people-centered health systems. Swasti’s scale of operations in the past has covered 25 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, reaching over 2 million people from diverse communities, such as sex workers, migrants, farmers, factory workers, and slum dwellers.

Over the years, as a public health organization, we have come to realize that it is insufficient to focus on interventions related to health without considering planetary health and its impact on the communities. We especially realize the significance of climate change on the vulnerable communities we work with and the multiple, intersecting burdens it causes in terms of loss of health and livelihood. This ranges from increased heat-related illness and mortality to increased spread of vector-borne and water-borne pathogens causing malaria, dengue, cholera, and other diseases, as well as rising food insecurity due to changing crop production patterns. Climate change also creates more disaster-prone areas and humanitarian settings that have serious implications for Swasti’s work in community and public health.

Through membership in the Planetary Health Alliance, we hope to learn from the experiences of other organizations working in the Global South in implementing planetary health interventions for vulnerable communities. This can include technical support and consultations, joint research, advocacy, and capacity building on various planetary health issues.

We remain committed to achieving a vision where climate change is mitigated, and vulnerable communities enjoy good health and well-being despite the major climatic risks they currently face.

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The Swedish Organization for Global Health (SOGH) is a student-led organization at Karolinska Institutet, primarily comprised of international students representing the Biomedical Science, Health Economics & Policy, Global Health and Public Health programmes. The international landscape of the organization means that there is a wide range of cultural backgrounds; the members of SOGH would be pleased to contribute to the translation of the planetary health materials in their native languages and perhaps mold them to the cultural contexts they’re familiar with. In addition, SOGH often organizes educational seminars and workshops, sometimes collaborating with other organizations in the public health and environmental sustainability sphere. We are hoping that being members of the network will help us connect with other organizations working at the nexus of health and the environment. We would love to get to know the other members of the PHA network and share ideas on how to more effectively apply the planetary health values to our current activities as well as potentially start new ones. Lastly, we are committed to promoting the PHA Next Generation Network to the members of our group. We are excited to join the network and see what opportunities await!

The SweetLab at Portland State University develops and implements “Internet of Things” sensor technologies designed to improve the collection of, and action on, data in global health programs. We deploy and study high efficiency cookstoves, water pumps, household water filters, sanitation systems, pedestrian footbridges and other appropriate technologies in fifteen countries. The SweetLab joined the Planetary Health Alliance to increase collaborations across engineering, public health, social enterprise and public policy domains to further the positive impact of health and environmental programs.

We are SYNERGISTAS and for us the future is about creating value for everyone and forming an economy which respects planetary boundaries. Businesses that solve today’s problems and also social and economic challenges of the future are the ones that will survive and grow. Co-creating a better planet based on global sustainability and profitable innovation across teams, organisations, sectors and borders. For us, innovation is the profitable combination of existing knowledge, resources and technologies for progress and development for the benefit of all. We bring the right solutions for challenges in sustainable innovation, new business and markets to create impact. Using the power of synergies we make it happen.

Tarqabin Nusantara Group is dedicated to advancing Planetary Health by integrating sustainable practices and health education into our research and community projects. Through publishing high-quality research on environmental health and implementing community-based initiatives like green health clinics and sustainable agriculture programs, we aim to promote holistic well-being. We look forward to collaborating with the Planetary Health Alliance community to foster interdisciplinary research, share resources, and engage in global advocacy efforts to address the interconnected challenges of health and environmental sustainability. Together, we strive to create a healthier, more sustainable future for all.

Planetary Health strives for a young generation of professionals able to work across boundaries. Through its multi- and inter-disciplinary teaching, as well as through its research activities, the Thammasat University’s School of Global Studies contributes to Planetary Health approaches and objectives. It involves students and faculty alike in Planetary Health learning and research, and takes part in the Planetary Health Alliance in sharing ideas and materials and through participation in debates, conferences, and dissemination of PHA products.

The Big Fix Ltd is an umbrella organisation for The Big Fix Media, Blue Mountains Pluriversity, Blackheath Community Farm, and the social enterprise incubator Edgy Blue Mountains. The mission of The Big Fix is to change the story to grow a collaborative solutions-focused culture. The organisation uses a cross-sector and interdisciplinary approach to demonstrate how we can redesign our systems so that all species can thrive.

Since its first issue (October 5, 1823), the journal has strived to make science widely available so that medicine can serve, and transform society, and positively impact the lives of people. Over the past two centuries, The Lancet has sought to address urgent topics in our society, initiate debate, put science into context, and influence decision makers around the world.

The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international research collaboration, dedicated to tracking the world’s response to climate change, and the health benefits that emerge from this transition. Reporting annually in The Lancet, it will follow a series of indicators, demonstrating that this transition is possible, that it has already begun, but that more work is needed.

Diagnosis before treatment is vital. But when it comes to the climate crisis, we have done things the wrong way round so far.
Individual measures are discussed, but many people do not realize how serious and far-reaching the problem actually is. Put simply: the climate crisis is the biggest threat to human health. Unfortunately.
The foundation “Gesunde Erde – Gesunde Menschen” (Healthy Planet – Healthy People) was created in 2020 by German physician, science journalist, bestselling non-fiction author and TV host Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen to promote public awareness of the principle: healthy people can only exist on a healthy planet.
We are dedicated to this principle and are working both center stage and behind the scenes to provide the missing link: climate communication that reaches, moves and inspires people to action – with a focus on solutions, a visionary approach and a good sense of humor.

The Scottish Managed Sustainable Health Network (SMaSH) provides a mechanism though which partners can collaborate to lead and motivate change, at a pace and scale that improves sustainability, and in a way which maximises health and equity. The network contributes to Planetary Health through highlighting the role the wide public health system has to play in sustainable energy and resource use, reductions in environmental vulnerability, and realising the potential for co-benefits in human health.

Shenandoah University has long been interested in Planetary Health. We have been commended for being a “green” campus and we have several degree programs that are specifically related to Planetary Health and the impact on the health of our citizens as a result. As a member of the Planetary Health Alliance, Shenandoah University, and specifically the School of Health Professions encourages student and faculty involvement in Planetary Health Alliance events and projects.

The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s preeminent museum and research complex. The Museum is dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery, and learning about the natural world through its unparalleled research, collections, exhibitions, and education outreach programs. Opened in 1910, the green-domed museum on the National Mall was among the first Smithsonian building constructed exclusively to house the national collections and research facilities.

We, the Sociedad Chilena de Salud Planetaria (Planetary Health Chilean Society), make this statement of collaboration with the Planetary Health Alliance, in order to express our commitment to actively participate and work together to further planetary health in Chile and worldwide. As a society, we advocate for the development of planetary health at a local and global level, promoting dialogue and reflection, as well as the development and use of science and evidence to empower people and guide policies in order to promote sustainable development. We are committed to share experiences, promote education, empower people, and actively participate in activities in order to foster planetary health

The SA Academy of Family Physicians is a professional body for family physicians in South Africa. We recognise the impact of climate change on our patients and communities in southern Africa. Joining the Planetary Health Alliance will motivate further commitment to the issue within the Academy leadership and members. We hope to inform our members more actively on the issues, both the impact of the environmental crises on public health as well as the contribution of the health services to the problems. We plan to learn from other members of the PHA on how to do this and to include our voice in advocacy through the PHA for the issues to be tackled with greater urgency on global and national levels.

The Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC) is the Federation of 17 scientific societies of Spain. Being a very active member of the WONCA Europe, the WONCA Iberoamerican CIMF and the WONCA World organizations, the semFYC gathers 20.000 Family Doctors and promotes strong Primary Health Care systems in order to create healthier and better societes. semFYC is committed to Planetary Health and has joined the “Declaration calling for Family Doctors of the World to act on Planetary Health”. Our 20.000 Family Doctors prescribe Planetary Health every day and have become environment ambassadors.

The St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial – one of the top medical schools in the Philippines – launched a new Planetary and Global Health Program, with the vision of becoming a leading center of planetary and global health education, research, and translation in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia. The College is committed to producing future health professionals who are devoted to planetary health values and principles, and to generate knowledge and practices that will contribute to improving the health of both people and the planet.

The Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health works towards a vision of a thriving ecosystem and healthy communities worldwide. Based at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment at the Doerr School of Sustainability and in close partnership with the School of Medicine’s Center for Innovation in Global Health, the Initiative conducts solution-oriented research, creates knowledge, trains leaders, and drives impact in human and planetary health. Four interdisciplinary areas of focus guide our research and core activities: Climate & Health, Pollution & Health, Disease Ecology in a Changing World, and Food Systems, Health & the Environment. Along with enabling research, advancing education, convening the interdisciplinary Stanford community, and supporting impact-oriented initiatives, the Center for Human and Planetary Health supports undergraduate and graduate education at Stanford through foundational planetary health coursework.

As we develop our human and planetary health work at Stanford, we look forward to sustaining nature while supporting health by: identifying and exploring new collaborations, exchanging resources, and advancing global collective planetary health priorities with other institutions.

Stanford University is building cross-campus and global partnerships to explore the intersections of human health and environment. Global health, engineering, environmental sciences, policy and other disciplines will drive educational and research opportunities for students and faculty. We look forward to dialogue and collaborations with PHA members.

SEI is an international non-profit research and policy organisation that tackles environment and development challenges critical for human health and wellbeing. Particular areas of focus include indoor and outdoor air pollution and energy alternatives; climate change implications for water and sanitation services; behaviour change and sustainable consumption patterns; and links between green space and wellbeing in urban areas.