Health and Environment - the Same Side of the Coin

Jennifer Cole; Connor Rochford; Esther  Schroeder

Health and Environment - the Same Side of the Coin

Jennifer Cole, Connor Rochford, Esther Schroeder

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

At the recent World Health Summit in Berlini, we observed a noticeable lack of discussion on the role of the natural environment in health. Co-benefits to human health from ecosystem protection, biodiversity, or urban greening were mentioned far less frequently than the impacts of the socioeconomic environment. This suggests that the global health community is not yet fully engaged with the field of planetary health, resulting in divergent priority setting, research effort, solution development, and policy impact.

In this paper we suggest reasons why this may be the case, and propose some potential solutions.

Original language	English
Type	Commentary
Media of output	Oxford Martin School website
Publisher	Oxford Martin School, Oxford University
Number of pages	5
Volume	Website commentary
Publication status	Published - 29 Oct 2018

Keywords

Planetary Health
Global Health
Environmental Science
World Health Summit

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

https://www.planetaryhealth.ox.ac.uk/2018/10/29/health-and-environment-the-same-side-of-the-coin/

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