Book contents
- Planetary Health
- Reviews
- Planetary Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Our Changing Planet
- 2 Climate Change
- 3 Pollution, Land Use, Biodiversity, and Health
- 4 Assessing Vulnerability and Risk in the Anthropocene Epoch
- 5 Adaptation and Resilience to Planetary Change
- 6 Addressing Conceptual, Knowledge, and Implementation Challenges
- 7 Health in the Sustainable Development Goals
- 8 Transforming Energy and Industry: Towards a Net-Zero Circular Economy for Health
- 9 Sustaining Urban Health in the Anthropocene Epoch
- 10 Food Systems and Land Use
- 11 The Role of Health Professionals in Fostering Planetary Health
- 12 Sustaining Planetary Health in the Anthropocene
- Index
- References
12 - Sustaining Planetary Health in the Anthropocene
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2021
- Planetary Health
- Reviews
- Planetary Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Our Changing Planet
- 2 Climate Change
- 3 Pollution, Land Use, Biodiversity, and Health
- 4 Assessing Vulnerability and Risk in the Anthropocene Epoch
- 5 Adaptation and Resilience to Planetary Change
- 6 Addressing Conceptual, Knowledge, and Implementation Challenges
- 7 Health in the Sustainable Development Goals
- 8 Transforming Energy and Industry: Towards a Net-Zero Circular Economy for Health
- 9 Sustaining Urban Health in the Anthropocene Epoch
- 10 Food Systems and Land Use
- 11 The Role of Health Professionals in Fostering Planetary Health
- 12 Sustaining Planetary Health in the Anthropocene
- Index
- References
Summary
The Anthropocene Epoch confronts humanity with unprecedented challenges. Meeting these challenges demands fundamentally different modes of thought, institutions, technologies, policies, values, and governance systems than those that propelled the Great Acceleration. Humanity is at a crossroads. With environmental stressors intensifying, and with the world population growing, we need integrated solutions across sectors to address today’s challenges and to reduce future risks to a minimum. The scale of change required is dramatic.
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- Planetary HealthSafeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene, pp. 379 - 429Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021