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November 2025

If the last decade was about defining the problem, the next decade must be about disrupting the systems that are killing the planet. We must move from just an academic pursuit to an engine of systemic political action.
Maisarah Faiesall
Advocate, strategist, and policy expert from the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health shared her insights at the Planetary Health Annual Meeting 2025, envisioning the next decade of bold Planetary Health action.

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The economic, agricultural, and food security repercussions of a wild pollinator collapse in Europe. Nature Communicatons.

Biodiversity Loss Food Systems

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The economic, agricultural, and food security repercussions of a wild pollinator collapse in Europe. Nature Communicatons.

Feuerbacher, A., Kempen, M., Steidle, J.L.M., et al.

Despite the threats to the food system created by biodiversity loss, conservation efforts face significant opposition. This study found that the loss of wild pollinators in Europe would lead to increases in crop failures by as much as 10.3%, among other threats to food availability.
Applying the One Health approach to study the policy and institutional determinants to control and prevent zoonoses in a low-resource setting. Health Research Policy and Systems.

Infectious Diseases Governance and Policy

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Applying the One Health approach to study the policy and institutional determinants to control and prevent zoonoses in a low-resource setting. Health Research Policy and Systems.

Dumet, L., Kenzie, E.S., Merino, V., et al.

Zoonotic diseases disproportionately impact low-resource countries. This study uses a One Health lens to examine how Peru selects priorities, chooses policies, and defines organizational roles in preventing and controlling zoonoses within complex multisector systems.
Exploring microplastic pollution from origin to environmental impact and remediation approaches. Discover Environment.

Chemical Pollution Research and Evaluation

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Exploring microplastic pollution from origin to environmental impact and remediation approaches. Discover Environment.

Choudhary, A., Thakur, D., Kumar, R., et al.

Due to their widespread use, durability, and limited recoverability, microplastics are accumulating across aquatic and terrestrial environments. This review explores their sources, current detection and mitigation methods, and the potential risks they pose to human health.
Exploring eco-anxiety in Italian adolescents: Psychometric evaluation of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale and theoretical insights into the association with pro-environmental attitudes. Frontiers in Psychology.

Life Stage and Reproductive Health Mental Health

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Exploring eco-anxiety in Italian adolescents: Psychometric evaluation of the Climate Change Anxiety Scale and theoretical insights into the association with pro-environmental attitudes. Frontiers in Psychology.

Innocenti, M., Benucci, S.B., Dockerty, G., et al.

Climate change affects young people’s health more than adults’, yet teens often have few chances to take action. The findings suggest that for adolescents, feelings of worry and constant thinking about climate change can actually strengthen their environmental concern, underscoring the need to give them more opportunities to act.
Doing more-than-human research: Developing qualitative research methods for a multispecies world. Sage Journals.

Culture and Values Research and Evaluation

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Doing more-than-human research: Developing qualitative research methods for a multispecies world. Sage Journals.

Elton, S., Fikry, N., Menon, A., et al.

If social science research methods were designed for humans, how do we meaningfully include all the non-human voices that shape our world? From Egyptian livestock to Mexican rivers, a new report offers methodological guidance for listening beyond the human in Planetary Health.
Labour requirements for healthy and sustainable diets at global, regional, and national levels: A modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health.

Food Systems Economics and Economic Systems

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Labour requirements for healthy and sustainable diets at global, regional, and national levels: A modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health.

Vittis, Y., Obersteiner, M., Godfray, H.C.J., et al.

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require big changes in what we eat and how we produce food. Researchers found that shifting to healthier, more sustainable food systems could change where agricultural jobs are needed, reducing global labor costs by about 0.2–0.6% of GDP each year.
The 2025 report on the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. The Lancet.

Climate Change Governance and Policy

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The 2025 report on the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. The Lancet.

Romanello, M., Walawender, M., Hsu, S., et al.

The latest Lancet Countdown report warns that health impacts of climate change are worsening, with millions dying needlessly each year due to fossil fuel dependence, growing greenhouse gas emissions, and failure to adequately adapt.
Voices for Planetary Health: Leveraging AI, media, and stakeholder strengths for effective narratives to advance Planetary Health. Internews.

Communications Planetary Health Frameworks

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Voices for Planetary Health: Leveraging AI, media, and stakeholder strengths for effective narratives to advance Planetary Health. Internews.

Parrett, P., Shreedhar, J., and Schläpfer, I.

A new report launched at the Planetary Health Annual Meeting (PHAM 2025) in Rotterdam identifies communication as the critical missing link for driving meaningful action on the world’s most pressing environmental and health challenges. It offers guidance on how to effectively communicate Planetary Health knowledge into action by leveraging AI, media, and stakeholder strengths.
2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). UN Development Programme.

Climate Change Equity and Justice

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2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). UN Development Programme.

Alkire, S., Conceição, P., Dehingia, N., et al.

Nearly 80% of the world’s poor — 887 million people — are already facing extreme heat, flooding, and other climate hazards. Their reality makes it clear: the climate crisis is a global health crisis.
Demographic heterogeneity in health impacts of air pollution exposure on respiratory infections in Eastern China: A six-year multicity study. Environmental Sciences Europe.

Noncommunicable Diseases Air Pollution

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Demographic heterogeneity in health impacts of air pollution exposure on respiratory infections in Eastern China: A six-year multicity study. Environmental Sciences Europe.

Zheng, B., Liu, Y., Liang, H., et al.

In Eastern China, a six-year multicity study found that increases in fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) were linked to higher rates and severity of respiratory infections — especially among children and the elderly.
Changes in child mortality and population health following 10 years of health systems strengthening in rural Madagascar: A longitudinal cohort study. PLOS Medicine.

Life Stage and Reproductive Health Health and Care Systems

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Changes in child mortality and population health following 10 years of health systems strengthening in rural Madagascar: A longitudinal cohort study. PLOS Medicine.

Garchitorena, A., Miller, A.C., Razanadranaivo, H.L., et al.

This study evaluates a decade of health system strengthening in rural Madagascar, showing increased healthcare use, reduced inequities, and measurable declines in mortality—offering rare, empirical evidence that comprehensive system-wide interventions can significantly improve population health in low-resource settings.
State of Global Air Report 2025.

Noncommunicable Diseases Air Pollution

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State of Global Air Report 2025.

Health Effects Institute, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and NCD Alliance

Experts reveal that over a third of the world’s population faces dangerous air pollution levels, with 2.6 billion people exposed to household pollution. They note that 95% of air pollution–related deaths in adults over 60 are tied to diseases like dementia, diabetes, and heart disease.

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