Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have crossed it, according to scientists who have compiled the latest report on the state of the world’s life-support systems.
NIH-Funded Climate and Health Center Launches at Columbia
A new center called Climate and Health: Action and Research for Transformational Change (CHART) aims to build research capacity and catalyze and coordinate climate and health research and evidence-based solutions on climate change across Columbia University. CHART, which is funded by a three-year $4.2 million grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), will also promote climate justice through community engagement.
Consultation Response: Health Community Input on the WHO COP29 Special Report on Climate Change and Health
Our comments focus on expanding the discussion to include food systems beyond the current focus on cities, broadening the perspective on urban environmental health, reassessing key energy sources within the climate-health nexus, and centering considerations on health equity across the report, with energy poverty as a key area for action.
In this triple COP year, leaders must align efforts to ensure planetary health
The world’s population is on track to reaching 10 billion by 2050, just as the planetary systems that sustain life on Earth are being pushed to their limits — and with them, our ability to provide food and water and to prevent large-scale displacements, rippling economic shocks and conflict.
Why a Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Is the Only Way to Protect Future Generations
Earlier this year, President Aliyev of Azerbaijan stood up at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin and told ministers, fossil fuels are a “gift from the gods.” Having oil and gas deposits is “not our fault” he went on, laying out further plans to increase natural gas production by more than a third.
Extreme Heat is a Universal Health Issue — But We Can Take Action to Protect Vulnerable People and Communities
Learn more about extreme heat and its impact on health systems.
Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Disasters on SRHR Addressed in New Center Reports
International law and policy can help strengthen protections for sexual and reproductive health and rights and reduce harms to fertility, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal health caused by climate change and environmental degradation.
How investing more in nature can help human, community and planetary health to thrive
Climate change and nature loss are twin crises that are damaging planetary and public health. Extreme temperatures and weather events, pollution and food insecurity are already claiming millions of lives each year and this is set to increase in years to come.
Why health tech innovators must pay attention to climate and COP 29 conversations
Two allied innovation sectors have to learn and apply from the planet’s ills
