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Connecting Planetary Boundaries and Planetary Health
A resilient and stable Earth system is crucial for human health
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There is ample evidence that global environmental change is impacting human health. A new commentary in The Lancet calls for a bold next step: aligning the work of Earth system science and Planetary Health to systematically connect Earth system stability with human health.
The timing is significant. This month marks 10 years since a Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission report established the field and social movement of Planetary Health in 2015. Today’s commentary signals an evolution in global knowledge and collaboration as leading researchers from the Planetary Health and Planetary Boundaries communities align their work.
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Six of the nine planetary boundaries have already been crossed, indicating that Earth is now operating well outside the safe zone for humanity. In response, experts from the #PlanetaryBoundaries and #PlanetaryHealth communities have co-authored a new commentary in @The Lancet, calling for a unified platform to address the human health impacts of Earth system changes.
“Ten years ago, the Planetary Health community coalesced around the understanding that we cannot have healthy people on an ailing planet,” says @Sam Myers, co-author of the new commentary and founding director of the @Planetary Health Alliance and the @Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health. “Today, this collaboration with Planetary Boundaries researchers represents the maturation of our field—we now have the scientific framework to systematically connect Earth system stability with human health.”
📖 Read the full commentary: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01256-5/abstract
Graphic source: L. Caesar et al., Planetary Health Check Report 2024. @PIK – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
@The Rockefeller Foundation #PlanetaryHealth10