Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation — Lancet Commission
on planetary health.
With a focus
on planetary health, we can — and we must — choose the latter.
To accelerate the development of this new field, The Rockefeller Foundation joined with the leading health journal, The Lancet, to form a joint commission
on Planetary Health.
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.
The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council
on Planetary Health at the Oxford Martin School is focusing on the economic case for planetary health.
Executive Director, Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council
on Planetary Health, Oxford Martin School
The Rockefeller Foundation - Lancet Commission
on Planetary Health recognizes that human health and the health of our planet are inextricably linked, and that our civilization depends on human health, flourishing natural systems, and the wise stewardship of natural resources.
The recent Rockefeller Foundation - Lancet Commission
on Planetary Health assembled an overwhelming amount of evidence showing how the health of millions of people is being threatened by failing ecosystems.
The Planetary Health Alliance is supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, following on the recent release of the groundbreaking Rockefeller Foundation - Lancet Commission
on Planetary Health, which outlines key opportunities to advance public health through more robust approaches to environmental stewardship.
Some international groups are helping to foster synergies, including the World Health Organization's recent conference on Climate and Health, the Convention on Biological Diversity's initiative on Health and Biodiversity, the Lancet - Rockefeller Commission
on Planetary Health, and the DIVERSITAS - Future Earth ecoHEALTH project, which brings together public and animal health, development, ecology, economics, and other sectors to investigate connections between health and environmental change to generate science and policy outputs that can inform sustainability solutions.
As such, it strengthens the claims of a recent Lancet Commission
on Planetary Health that calls for protecting nature to achieve health outcomes.»
Not exact matches
Our research focuses
on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and
planetary 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 Rockefeller Foundation yesterday also pledged $ 15 million for
planetary health, adding to the $ 200 million spent over the past five years
on other public
health and environment initiatives.
University of Notre Dame
planetary geologist Clive Neal says that a lunar base would be invaluable for studying the effects of reduced gravity
on astronauts»
health.
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Health Fund Advisory Board CSICOP Founding Member: 1976 Council for a Livable World Council
on Foreign Relations Federation of American Scientists Guggenheim Foundation International Academy of Humanism Laureate International Astronomical Union NASA
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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.
I promoted Keith Kloor «s post
on the paucity of coverage of a new peer - reviewed study
on the
health benefits of nuclear power (compared to coal), co-authored by James Hansen, who retired yesterday after 46 years of
planetary and climate science at NASA:
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.
Planetary health is a simple, but powerful concept: The
health of human beings fundamentally depends
on the
health of ecosystems.
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.
Our research focuses
on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and
planetary health.
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 h
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 h
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 h
health — which is the core of
planetary healthhealth.
«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.
A key challenge that panelists put forward was the need for coordination of the many efforts among multiple sectors doing impactful work
on dimensions of the
planetary health challenge.
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.
The effects of these energy sources
on regional and
planetary health are becoming increasingly evident through climate change, the most worrisome major global trend attributed to human activity.
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.