Policy Briefs

Policy briefs are short and concise analyses of current policy challenges related to planetary health. By summarising the latest scientific knowledge, they provide evidence-based background information, present the available policy options and derive recommendations for action.

Year of publication: 
2023
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 Gepp, Maurice Remy, Nikolaus Metzger and Maike Bildhauer.
Maike Voss, Sophie Gepp, Dr. Franziska Matthies-Wiesler, Bea Albermann, Maike Bildhauer, Nikolaus Mezger
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Year of publication: 
2023
Strengthening sustainability in the pharmaceutical sector
Maike Voss, Dorothea Baltruks, Maren Sowa
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Year of publication: 
2022
Health within planetary boundaries
Open questions for policymakers, scientists and health actors.
Maike Voss, Katharina Wabnitz, Dorothea Baltruks, Sophie Gepp, Remco van de Pas
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