Planetary health: challenging power and privilege is key to a fairer and healthier future

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the first publication of the framework of “planetary boundaries,” which describes the biophysical limits of Earth systems that, if breached, could have devastating consequences for humanity.1 Six years after this publication, the report of the Rockefeller-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health defined the concept as “the health of human civilisations and the natural systems on which they depend.”2 Though progress has been made in the field of planetary health, we need stronger commitment and action for justice and transformative change.The field focuses on the interconnectedness of various Earth systems affected by human induced change and the link to health, the benefits of transdisciplinary approaches to understanding and tackling associated challenges, and the need for multi-sectoral policy responses.3 While the term “planetary health” is relatively new, a holistic vision of the connectedness of people and nature has been a part of Indigenous knowledge for millennia,…
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