planetary health

Down to Earth: The Emerging Field of Planetary Health

By Nate Seltenrich Environmental Health Perspectives Human impacts on our planet have become so profound that many researchers now favor a new name for the current epoch: the Anthropocene.1 The underlying premise of this term is that essentially every Earth … Continue reading




planetary health

Virchow Prize 2024 Honors Lucy Gilson and Johan Rockstrom's Contributions to Planetary Health

The 2024 Virchow Prize will honor Lucy Gilson and Johan Rockstrom for their holistic and systems-based approach to safeguarding human and medlinkplanetary health/medlink.




planetary health

CBD News: Today, a new report released by The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health has underlined that human health rests on a healthy environment and rich biodiversity. The report "Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropoce




planetary health

CBD News: Though there have been rapid advances in human health, the continuing degradation of our planetary systems does not bode well for its future. Today, The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health launched a comprehensive report