There is an urgent need to address climate issues from a health perspective.

Our health and the planet’s health are clearly linked: Climate change has been named the biggest threat facing humanity by the World Health Organization. Yet too often the work of fighting the climate crisis and responding to environmental threats is siloed and separate from the work of delivering care and achieving global health aims.

In our series Planet Health, we will explore the benefits of a shared perspective, highlighting the solutions it offers, as well as offering in-depth reporting on the current impact of the climate crisis on human health around the world.

Themes

Changing habitats: How extreme weather, drought, and rising water levels affect human health

Changing habitats

How extreme weather, drought, and rising water levels affect human health

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Understanding animals: Zoonosis, pandemic prediction, and antimicrobial resistance

Understanding animals

Zoonosis, pandemic prediction, and antimicrobial resistance

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Protecting biodiversity: Urban and rural campaigns for nature and health

Protecting biodiversity

Urban and rural campaigns for nature and health

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Planetary health in practice: What innovations can the global development and health sector use to promote health in a changing climate?

Planetary health in practice

What innovations can the global development sector use to promote health in a changing climate?

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Changing habitats

How extreme weather, drought, and rising water levels affect human health

Watch: Wellcome Trust's Alice Bell on joint health and climate policy

Watch: Wellcome Trust's Alice Bell on joint health and climate policy


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Opinion: Local activism is key to linking climate and health in East Africa

Opinion: Local activism is key to linking climate and health in East Africa


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Why mental health is the missing link in responses to climate change

Why mental health is the missing link in responses to climate change


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Q&A: Why planetary health is a useful lens for development and beyond

Q&A: Why planetary health is a useful lens for development and beyond


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DevExplains: What is planetary health?

DevExplains: What is planetary health?


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Understanding animals

Zoonosis, pandemic prediction, and antimicrobial resistance

Opinion: Vaccine innovation is a critical response to the climate crisis

Opinion: Vaccine innovation is a critical response to the climate crisis


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Yellow fever: The next big climate change-induced health threat?

Yellow fever: The next big climate change-induced health threat?


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Q&A: Why saving animals and nature is vital to stopping pandemics

Q&A: Why saving animals and nature is vital to stopping pandemics


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Opinion: Curbing antibiotics in farming vital for health and planet

Opinion: Curbing antibiotics in farming vital for health and planet


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Opinion: Fixing the food system is key to better planetary health

Opinion: Fixing the food system is key to better planetary health


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Planetary health in practice

What innovations can the global development sector use to promote health in a changing climate?

Why we need a holistic approach to tackle climate’s impact on health

Why we need a holistic approach to tackle climate’s impact on health


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Climate’s impact on health: How do we respond?

Climate’s impact on health: How do we respond?


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Financing health systems in the face of climate crisis

Financing health systems in the face of climate crisis


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Opinion: Financing climate resilient health systems needs focus

Opinion: Financing climate resilient health systems needs focus


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From hazardous waste to fuel: How clinics are reducing climate impact

From hazardous waste to fuel: How clinics are reducing climate impact


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Watch: Githinji Gitahi on building climate-resilient health systems

Watch: Githinji Gitahi on building climate-resilient health systems


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