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For health within pla­ne­ta­ry boun­da­ries


The envi­ron­ment can exist wit­hout us, but we can­not exist wit­hout the envi­ron­ment. For a healt­hy and habi­ta­ble pla­net, pla­ne­ta­ry health needs to be inte­gra­ted into all poli­cy are­as. At the Cent­re for Pla­ne­ta­ry Health Poli­cy, we deve­lop con­cre­te opti­ons for action for and tog­e­ther with poli­ti­cal actors.

For health within pla­ne­ta­ry boun­da­ries

The envi­ron­ment can exist wit­hout us, but we can­not exist wit­hout the envi­ron­ment. For a healt­hy and habi­ta­ble pla­net, pla­ne­ta­ry health needs to be inte­gra­ted into all poli­cy are­as. At the Cent­re for Pla­ne­ta­ry Health Poli­cy, we deve­lop con­cre­te opti­ons for action for and tog­e­ther with poli­ti­cal actors.

Who we are

The Cent­re for Pla­ne­ta­ry Health Poli­cy (CPHP) is an inde­pen­dent think tank in Ber­lin, Ger­ma­ny. It is a forum for sci­en­ti­fic poli­cy advice at the nexus of glo­bal envi­ron­men­tal chan­ge and health with the aim of achie­ving a sus­tainable and equi­ta­ble trans­for­ma­ti­on of social sys­tems in Ger­ma­ny and the world. With CPHP we are aiming to sti­mu­la­te and sup­port socio-poli­ti­cal deba­tes on health within pla­ne­ta­ry boun­da­ries. Tog­e­ther with health actors, poli­cy-makers, and rese­ar­chers, we deve­lop opti­ons for action along the ques­ti­ons depic­ted in our first poli­cy brief and others. For exam­p­le: How can pla­ne­ta­ry health as a visi­on for the future be estab­lished as a stan­ding item on natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal poli­ti­cal agen­das per­ma­nent­ly and effec­tively? How can health equi­ty and envi­ron­men­tal jus­ti­ce be con­so­li­da­ted in (health) poli­cy decis­i­ons? What kind of part­ner­ships are neces­sa­ry for pla­ne­ta­ry health? In addi­ti­on to that, we want to con­nect with actors from other poli­cy fields; becau­se health is not only shaped by the health sec­tor but all poli­cy are­as. To that end, we will also look bey­ond Ger­ma­ny. In view of the urgen­cy of over­co­ming the pla­ne­ta­ry cri­ses, new forms of coope­ra­ti­on are nee­ded to ensu­re the habi­ta­bi­li­ty of the pla­net for future gene­ra­ti­ons and their health.

What we offer

The Cent­re for Pla­ne­ta­ry Health Poli­cy pro­vi­des sci­en­ti­fic poli­cy advice on health poli­cy within pla­ne­ta­ry boun­da­ries. Our rese­ar­chers publish ana­ly­ses and evi­dence syn­the­ses on the topic of pla­ne­ta­ry health. Coming from dif­fe­rent disci­pli­nes, they bring tog­e­ther exper­ti­se from public health sci­ence, medi­ci­ne, poli­ti­cal, social and envi­ron­men­tal sci­ence as well as sci­ence com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on. We pre­sent our rese­arch and results at our own and at exter­nal events as well as in aca­de­mic publi­ca­ti­ons and in poli­cy briefs. Our rese­ar­chers give inter­views, pro­vi­de their exper­ti­se in per­so­nal con­ver­sa­ti­on, and we regu­lar­ly publish news about our work on our web­site and social media.

What is pla­ne­ta­ry health?

The envi­ron­ment can thri­ve wit­hout us — but we can­not sur­vi­ve wit­hout it. The con­cept of pla­ne­ta­ry health descri­bes the inter­con­nec­tions bet­ween human, ani­mal and eco­sys­tem health and encom­pas­ses a broad, trans­di­sci­pli­na­ry under­stan­ding of the influen­ces on, and con­di­ti­ons for, human health.

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