Planetary Health Forum ’23

Networking for transformation: At the Planetary Health Forum. The first conference for planetary health in Germany. Save the date: On...
Planetary Health Forum ’23

Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice

New article about post-growth economics published in 'Globalization and Health' by Remco van de Pas and other authors.  Read more...
Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice

„It is time to act on the Commercials Determinants of Health“ – van de Pas and Wabnitz write about nutrition policy

CDoH affect health in many ways, as the example of nutrition policy shows, write Katharina Wabnitz and Remco van de...
„It is time to act on the Commercials Determinants of Health“ – van de Pas and Wabnitz write about nutrition policy

Driving transformative action: from Ostrava to Budapest and beyond with National Portfolios of Actions on Environment and Health: policy brief

This WHO policy brief was drafted by Maike Voss and Franziska Matthies-Wiesler with additional research support from Bea Albermann, Sophie...
Driving transformative action: from Ostrava to Budapest and beyond with National Portfolios of Actions on Environment and Health: policy brief

CPHP joins EuroHealthNet

CPHP has joined EuroHealthNet, a not-for-profit partnership committed to promoting health equity and sustainable development across Europe. CPHP – as...
CPHP joins EuroHealthNet

Recording: The Need for Transformation to Post-Growth EU Health Systems

For the fourth edition of our Planetary Health Dialogues in early May 2023, we looked at how future health systems...
Recording: The Need for Transformation to Post-Growth EU Health Systems

„With CPHP, we want to make a decisive contribution to anchoring health equity and climate resilience in the health sector, thus making it a role model for other sectors and establishing planetary health as a central field of policy.“

MAIKE VOSS, director CPHP
Maike Voss

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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