Shaping planetary health together
With our monthly webinar series ‘Planetary Health Dialogues’ we bring together German and international scientists, policy-makers, health sector representatives and civil society actors. With the Dialogues we aim to jointly develop ideas for a paradigm shift towards equity, health and well-being within planetary boundaries.
The Dialogues’ topics range from resilience in the German healthcare sector to health promotion and health justice in the Anthropocene, and the role of health in international agreements on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. With our Dialogues, we immerse ourselves in the scientific and political debates on these topics and discuss implications for policy and practice.
Shaping planetary health together
With our monthly webinar series ‘Planetary Health Dialogues’ we bring together German and international scientists, policy-makers, health sector representatives and civil society actors. With the Dialogues we aim to jointly develop ideas for a paradigm shift towards equity, health and well-being within planetary boundaries.
The Dialogues’ topics range from resilience in the German healthcare sector to health promotion and health justice in the Anthropocene, and the role of health in international agreements on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. With our Dialogues, we immerse ourselves in the scientific and political debates on these topics and discuss implications for policy and practice.
Watch past Planetary Health Dialogues (in English):
Planetary Health in a period of geopolitical upheaval
In our April edition, we hosted the first hybrid Planetary Health Dialogue, exploring the connections between planetary health and security policy. Against the backdrop of ongoing geopolitical conflicts, the discussion with Dr. Marion Schulte zu Berge (German Advisory Council on Global Change), Dr. Benjamin Pohl (adelphi), Sima Bulut (German Council on Foreign Relations), and Amanda Low & Max D. López Toledano (National University of Singapore) highlighted how climate change and environmental degradation act as drivers of global instability and why these planetary crises must be more systematically integrated into foreign and security policy
Environmental Justice: Air pollution as a key driver of health inequalities — What can Berlin learn from London?
In our October edition, we focused on environmental justice, highlighting how people with lower incomes are more affected by air pollution. Together with Shirley Rodrigues (former Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, London) and Prof. Dr. habil. Heike Köckler (Bochum University of Applied Sciences) we explored how London has significantly improved its air quality and what lessons German cities can learn from this experience of how to better protect communities disproportionately affected by air pollution.
Assessing governance for climate change and health: An exploratory approach
Together with Dr. Karin Geffert (Public Health and Health Services Research at the Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE) & Pettenkofer School of Public Health) and Melvine Otieno (Planetary Health Eastern African Hub), we discussed the evaluation of governance structures for health and climate change, focusing on their strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, the conversation explored the insights gained from applying international frameworks to various local contexts, highlighting both challenges and opportunities.
The Health Risks of Pollution: Finding Solutions
The webinar focused on EU laws, regulations and monitoring to tackle the pollution crisis. As this legislative term of the European Parliament is coming to an end, we looked at which specific legislative procedures have been initiated and implemented in the last five years to solve chemical pollution. Additionally, the webinar gave an outlook on outstanding needs for further political action and enforcement in the upcoming legislative term.
The Health Risks of Pollution: Assessing the Problem
Together with Kim Pack, Department “Toxicology, health-related environmental monitoring” at the German Environment Agency, Dr Jutta Emig, Head of Division “International Chemical Safety, Sustainable Chemistry” at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection & Dr Shahriar Hossain, Founder of the Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO), we discussed the overview of the extent and diversity of the health and environmental impacts of chemicals – on the national, European and global level.
The Need for Transformation to Post-Growth EU Health Systems
At the fourth edition of our Planetary Health Dialogues in May 2023, we addressed the question of how healthcare systems in the EU must be designed in the future to meet the needs of people and the planet.
Health in the Anthropocene — Reconnection, Partnerships and Post- Growth Alternatives
The event was the opening of the Centre for Planetary Health Policy’s (CPHP) new webinar series. In December 2023, we hosted the digital conference and discussed with international experts how public health, economic and social policies can maximise health equity within planetary boundaries.