Planetary
Health Cluster Overview
Planetary Health is a solutions-oriented, multi-dimensional health approach focused on analysing and addressing the impacts of human disruptions to Earth’s natural systems on human health and all life on Earth. The cluster, launched on July 2nd, 2024 comprises GoGreen Next, SPRINGS, TULIP, MOSAIC and PLANET4HEALTH. These projects will work collectively to promote evidence-based policy to support global Planetary Health.
Cluster Activities
The Planetary Health Cluster is active from 1 January 2024 until June 2028, and has five key goals:
One
Promote and disseminate research on environmental degradation and health from a planetary health perspective.
Two
Raise awareness and inform on health impacts of a degraded environment, costs and benefits of action and inaction.
Three
Maximise communication and dissemination of results through each project’s networks.
Four
Contribute to evidence-based decision-making and stronger EU and global policies.
Five
Build capacity around climate change and health research.
Sister Projects
News
The Planetary Health Cluster in Cork: WHO Summit of Mayors and annual meeting
The Planetary Health Cluster in Cork: WHO Summit of Mayors and annual meeting
The Planetary Health Cluster spent the first week of October in Cork. Its five projects attended the WHO Summit of Mayors on Climate and Health on 5 and 6 October, ran two workshops for city and health practitioners, and stayed on for the cluster's annual meeting on 7 October.
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Planetary Health Cluster joins European Declaration on Heat and Health
Planetary Health Cluster joins European Declaration on Heat and Health
Tthe Planetary Health Cluster has joined the European Regional Hub of the Planetary Health Alliance and more than 80 organisations in the European Declaration on Heat and Health, calling on the EU to put health at the centre of its climate policy: with legally binding adaptation obligations, measurable health targets, and a European Heat-Health Action Plan with an emergency fund for hospitals, care homes, nurseries and schools.
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Living well on a healthy planet: Our new policy brief on planetary health and citizen engagement
Living well on a healthy planet: Our new policy brief on planetary health and citizen engagement
In our recently released policy brief, we, as the Planetary Health Cluster, set out why this matters now for Europe and what needs to change to close the gap between policy ambition and real‑world impact.
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