The nature of our ever-changing global community, ”including both people and animals within the environment,” requires a comprehensive systems approach to public health to prevent disease, promote health, and improve the quality of life of the planet’s population as a whole. A huge part of the research, work, and education that takes place across the Cornell University’s diverse body is in the realm of public health including the health of humans, animals, the environment, and our planet as a whole.

Actuemos is a non-profit organization that works to promote healthy and sustainable food systems, developing studies, research projects and implementing practical programs to promote proper nutrition and a healthy food culture. Our purpose is to improve human and Planetary Health, so we are committed to raising awareness and taking action for present and future generations.

Our members span a wide range of expertise related to food systems, including chefs, nutritionists, natural and social science academics, and sustainability and consumer rights professionals. Our main characteristic is to bring together a high-level networking force with collaborators both in Chile and globally.

The Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health (CII) is committed to contributing to Planetary Health actions in the region of Eastern Mediterranean and beyond. The CII mission to conduct research, educational and outreach activities that focus on the influence of environment on non-communicable disease patterns is well aligned with the priorities of the Planetary Health movement around the globe.

Through person-to-person teaching and opportunities to create and apply knowledge on campus and across the globe, Dartmouth instills a love of learning among its students and empowers them for a lifetime of leadership.

De Duurzame Verpleegkundige aims to make PH part of the regular nursing curriculum and refresher training in the Netherlands. We advocate to change the professional curriculum, and nurses oath. We wish to share knowledge, participate in activities in the PHA Regional Hub network and engage in advocacy. We want to create programs for local nursing universities and create opportunities for students and professionals to get engaged in PH.

Deakin University is excited to coordinate and link up existing networks and Planetary Health efforts in the Oceania region. We are committed to promoting understanding of and action on combined ecological and social changes that impact PH, focusing on interconnectedness/systems thinking and Indigenous knowledges (e.g. Tadra Vanua).

The Department of Medicine and Health Science of the University of Sonora is committed to “bonum facere”, acting locally but thinking globally. Medical doctors of the 21st century have to be open to act in a world that becomes a single big community, but need to address and understand the differences (natural and cultural) in order to be efficient in the services they provide.

We have founded a Planetary Health Academy and had a first large scale Planetary Health online Lecture series from May -July 2020. We will continue this work. We participate in a growing transdisciplinary network in German speak countries related to Planetary Health.

Devon Local Nature Partnership is delighted to be part of and contribute to the Planetary Health Alliance. Through our growing partnerships we seek to protect our local and international environment, grow the green economy and help reconnect our population with nature. We hope that sharing our growing evidence base will help steer policy at all levels.

The Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown is advancing Planetary Health education and advocacy through advances in curriculum development, community engagement opportunities, and research support. We envision a collaborative community where we can train future field leaders poised to address the health challenges of the Anthropocene, foster the widest dissemination of cross-disciplinary and solutions-based scholarship in Planetary Health, and engage with community partners to make planetary health a priority for all sectors from policy to healthcare to K-12 education and more.

While Do for Children’s mandate is child centered, we recognize climate change as a key cross-cutting issue, as climate change disrupts the environment, children are being forced to grow up in an increasingly dangerous world. This is a Planetary Health crisis that threatens their health, nutrition, education, development, survival, and future.

Doane University, as a member of the Planetary Health Alliance, has created the Institute for Human and Planetary Health whose mission is to present the evidence that human health is dependent on the health of the ecosystems that sustain us and to provide educational opportunities for all those who want to restore human and Planetary Health. We will achieve this goal by developing coursework for teaching and by providing opportunities for collaborative and transdisicplinary research and action focused on solving our most serious problems.

The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative (UHC) is committed to advancing planetary health through rigorous research, community engagement, and policy advocacy focused on the social and environmental determinants of health and health inequities in urban settings worldwide. Our work, exemplified by projects like the Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH) and SALURBAL-Climate, aims to address critical gaps in our understanding of the connections between climate change and health in cities and to inform urban planning and policymaking. We seek to collaborate with other Alliance members to increase the visibility and accessibility of our projects’ findings; discuss effective approaches to research and engagement; and participate in relevant dialogues surrounding strategies for promoting urban and planetary health.

Duke Kunshan University conducts interdisciplinary research and education efforts at the intersection of health and the environment through its Global Health Research Center and Environmental Research Center. As a member of the Planetary Health Alliance, Duke Kunshan University engages in the development of Planetary Health coursework, contributes to the Planetary Health research base, and involves its students and faculty in pursuit of Planetary Health solutions.

Duke University is committed to educating and empowering a climate- and sustainability-fluent student body that deeply understands the human-driven causes of climate change and its far-reaching impacts. Students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to develop and implement innovative, scientifically grounded, and socially just solutions to these challenges. As an active member of the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), Duke University fosters engagement across its community—encouraging students, staff, faculty, and alumni to participate in PHA initiatives and collaborate on projects that advance Planetary Health solutions.

The Institute of Urban Environment (IUE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was established on July 4, 2006. IUE, as a national institute, is the only research institute engaged in comprehensive studies on urban environment in the world. It has the right to confer master and doctorial degrees in Environmental Sciences. It is located in Xiamen, a beautiful city in southeast China.

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), as a PHA member, is committed to the creation, dissemination and application of actionable scientific knowledge that advances Planetary Health. We strive to attain these goals through our interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and education programs on (1) smart and sustainable healthy cities, (2) health implications of climate change, (3) climate-smart and sustainable agriculture, and (4) smart solar energy harvesting, storage and utilization. The CUHK also aspires to champion evidence-based policy changes and societal transformations that will make our planet a healthier home to healthier citizens.

Climate Action Nurses empower, energise and inspire Australian and Pacific Nurses to take urgent climate action for themselves, their workplaces and the communities in which they live. By building nursing knowledge and capacity, we empower climate ready and climate friendly communities and decarbonise the healthcare services which support them.

As medical students, the health of our future patients is always at the front of our minds. We are increasingly aware of the reciprocal relationship between human and Planetary Health and believe that one of the best ways to prepare for care-giving is to educate ourselves on our changing climate and do what we can to improve our planet’s health. For these reasons, we are committed to engaging in climate advocacy on a local, national and global scale.

We are a team of researchers, designers, policy-makers and educators aiming to understand and support mental health in the current climate and ecological crises. Our vision is for individuals, communities and healthcare systems to have the knowledge, tools, and resources to become resilient to the mental health impacts of climate change. We conduct research, deliver mental health interventions and produce best-practice recommendations for and with policymakers. We welcome any opportunity to partner with others who want to improve our understandings of- and responses to- mental health in the context of climate change.

The University of Melbourne’s Climate CATCH Lab collaborates with the Planetary Health Alliance via engagement with and contribution to the mission and activities of the Oceania Hub. The Climate CATCH Lab contributes to Planetary Health goals in the area of climate change and health research, education and engagement with the health sector partners.