Sentences with phrase «in planetary health»
The Rockefeller Foundation's investments in Planetary Health are dedicated to the new multi-disciplinary field, and finding solutions to health risks posed by our poor stewardship of our planet.
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We are committing 30 % of our company to be used in support of organizations and activities that align with improving human and planetary health.
Amazingly, while the fundamental discoveries in science in the 17th century — gravity, light waves, planetary rotation around stars and the incredible abstraction of science in mathematics — spurred huge explosions of discoveries in physics and chemistry, fundamental discoveries in biology largely lagged behind and were important only as they related to human health.
«We correctly forecast the peak in dengue incidence to occur three months earlier than expected in March 2016, with a 90 percent chance of exceeding the mean dengue incidence for the previous five years,» said Lowe, Stewart Ibarra's colleague who is the lead author of an article on the study that appeared in the July 2017 issue of Lancet Planetary Health.
«The concept of planetary health offers a new way of thinking about the health of our planet and its resilience in the face of pressures like climate change, urbanization and globalization, to name just a few,» said Helen Clark, administrator of the U.N. Development Programme, by video statement.
The study, published in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health, showed that worsening or severe drought conditions can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and even death.
2017 is upon us, and we have guidance for every sign — life, love, money, career, health and more in The Astrotwins» 2017 Planetary Planner.
In your admirable pursuit of both personal and planetary health, there's still a good chance you may become deficient in one or more key nutrients essential for long - term healtIn your admirable pursuit of both personal and planetary health, there's still a good chance you may become deficient in one or more key nutrients essential for long - term healtin one or more key nutrients essential for long - term health.
Whether it's Whole Foods Market's recent decision to downplay animal products or vegan actresses touting «kind diets,» it sometimes seems as though every educated man, woman and child in the United States believes that plant - based diets hold the key to personal and planetary health.
We advocate including extreme events in the global planetary health indicators because extreme events have a particularly large impact on human and natural ecosystems — and that's what, ultimately, people care about most.
A vast number of scientists, engineers, and visionary businessmen are boldly designing a future that is based on low - impact energy pathways and living within safe planetary boundaries; a future in which substantial health gains can be achieved by eliminating fossil - fuel pollution; and a future in which we strive to hand over a liveable planet to posterity.
Perhaps this «Conference on Planetary Emergencies» will result in something other than yet another extensive production of rhetorical flourishes and other forms of ever so lyrical «chin music» that we have heard for so long and come to see as nothing more than a litany of unending substitutes for what is needed in our time: action on the real threats to human and environmental health.
Amid nonstop work tracking developments at the climate talks in Paris, I had to slip in a note about the Planetary Health Alliance, an important new initiative aimed at mixing disciplines in ways that can bolster human health by considering its relationship to the health of ecosyHealth Alliance, an important new initiative aimed at mixing disciplines in ways that can bolster human health by considering its relationship to the health of ecosyhealth by considering its relationship to the health of ecosyhealth of ecosystems.
«In our world today, where we can fly all over the globe in a day or two, health is no longer local, not even global, but planetary,» she saiIn our world today, where we can fly all over the globe in a day or two, health is no longer local, not even global, but planetary,» she saiin a day or two, health is no longer local, not even global, but planetary,» she said.
«The goal is to grow capacity and use Harvard's convening power to create a community around planetary health, and create excitement for people currently working in this space.»
A joint program between EAT and WBCSD, Food Reform for Sustainability and Health (FReSH) is designed to accelerate transformational change in global food systems, to reach healthy, enjoyable diets for all, that are produced responsibly within planetary boundaries.
Topics: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, Innovation, Planetary Health, YieldWise Food Loss, YieldWise Food Waste, Food, Health, Power, Resilient Cities, Jobs
They all say essentially the same thing: human societies and planetary health are in existential peril.
while in the context of the ongoing climate debate we continue — albeit with some embarrassment — to employ the scientifically meaningless phrase «climate change», we recognise that, in principle, a planetary warming to fend off otherwise imminent glacial inception, together with CO2 greening (the latter offsetting loss of vegetation footprint, the only real environmental concern) is having broad positive impacts on society, including the global economy, natural resources, and human health.
Interest is growing in the nascent concept of planetary health, and a variety of information, resources, and opportunities for action now exist through the work of numerous projects and organizations.
The ocean is our collective mirror, illuminating our unsustainable ways that need to be addressed in order to revise planetary health.
The Rockefeller - UNFCCC collaboration is one step towards building a new field called Planetary Health, which provides a framework for decision makers in governments, businesses, non-profits and community organizations to ensure that their plans and programs protect the planet in ways that also protect human hHealth, which provides a framework for decision makers in governments, businesses, non-profits and community organizations to ensure that their plans and programs protect the planet in ways that also protect human healthhealth.
Panelists, which included senior environmental and health officials from Morocco, Gambia and Ivory Coast as well as UNFCCC, the World Health Organization, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, weighed in on the urgent need to take action on the environment in ways that protect human health — which is the core of planetary hhealth officials from Morocco, Gambia and Ivory Coast as well as UNFCCC, the World Health Organization, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, weighed in on the urgent need to take action on the environment in ways that protect human health — which is the core of planetary hHealth Organization, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, weighed in on the urgent need to take action on the environment in ways that protect human health — which is the core of planetary hhealth — which is the core of planetary healthhealth.
In 2017, Momentum for Change will have five focus areas: Women for Results, Financing for Climate Friendly Investment, ICT Solutions, Climate Neutral Now and, now, Planetary Health.
«With Momentum for Change: Planetary Health we will shine a light on outstanding initiatives by communities, cities, companies, NGO and other institutions: ones where climate action is generating innovative, positive impacts on health in ways that can inspire others to greater ambition.&Health we will shine a light on outstanding initiatives by communities, cities, companies, NGO and other institutions: ones where climate action is generating innovative, positive impacts on health in ways that can inspire others to greater ambition.&health in ways that can inspire others to greater ambition.»
These are facts of life in 2016, and shaped the conversation on Saturday in Marrakesh, Morocco where The Rockefeller Foundation and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) launched our newest collaboration, Momentum for Change: Planetary Health.
And while I own a copy of An Inconvenient Truth and likely read it, it would have been just one book out of a stack and doesn't stand out as the best in my recollection, on the risk of human impact on planetary and individual health.
April 17 - 19, 2018 Carl Safina speaks at the Garrison Institute's Pathways to Planetary Health symposium, April 17 - 19, 2018, at the Garrison Institute in New York.
Such claims are indicative of the narrow obsession with carbon accounting that disregards planetary systems and biodiversity, human rights, public health and, even methane emissions in the case of natural gas.»
The 2018 lineup of speakers will explore some of the most fascinating subjects in science today including the historical origins of the U.S. opioid crisis, understanding how the brain controls parenting behavior, and how «frugal science» can improve science accessibility to better human and planetary health to communities around the world.
In July 2015, the commission published a special report — Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch — which explored the scientific basis for creating Planetary Health as a new fielIn July 2015, the commission published a special report — Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch — which explored the scientific basis for creating Planetary Health as a new fielin the Anthropocene Epoch — which explored the scientific basis for creating Planetary Health as a new field.
As a first step in exploring the scientific basis for creating this new field of study and action — and to make recommendations on policies — The Rockefeller Foundation and the medical journal The Lancet formed The Rockefeller Foundation - Lancet Commission on Planetary Health.
Planetary Health is rooted in understanding the interdependencies of human and natural systems.
Their green - above - all approach makes lots of sense for children's furniture, from both a planetary and human health perspective: youngsters spend tons of time in their cribs, on a changing table, and surrounded by stuff in their nurseries; exposure to VOCs and other harmful pollutants that are off - gassing from their surroundings can lead to both short and long - term health problems, especially if they're living with poor indoor air quality during their busiest developmental years.
Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation — Lancet Commission on planetary health.