Planetary Health: How do we want to shape our future?

Link to the webinar: https://www.wbgu.de/en/events/event/2021-12-14-ip-webinar

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how vulnerable we are and how closely connected we are with Nature. Health cannot be taken for granted. Do we take the prerequisites for healthy living seriously enough? Or are we, as a civilization, systematically jeopardizing our health?

Prof. Dr. Sabine Gabrysch (WBGU, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and PIK) gives an impulse statement.

Further panel discussants:

• Howard Frumkin, Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington
• Cristina Romanelli, Programme Officer, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Health, WHO, Montreal
• Ivar A. Baste, Special Advisor, Norwegian Environment Agency, report lead Making Peace with Nature (UNEP), Past IPBES Bureau 

The WBGU recently published a discussion paper "Planetary Health: What we need to talk about". The aim of this four-pager is to stimulate a discussion on the role of health in the global transformation towards sustainability. The insights gained from this dialogue process are incorporated into the Advisory Board's discussions on its new flagship report (forthcoming early 2023). The public presentation and discussion of the new paper on December 14 is part of this dialogue process.