The Planetary Health Cluster meets in the Netherlands and participates in PHAM 2025

Last week, the coordination board of the Planetary Health Cluster (PHC) met in Amsterdam for their annual meeting, hosted at Amsterdam UMC. The group gathered to review ongoing work, plan future activities, and continue shaping a shared understanding of what planetary health means for their network.

The discussions covered several key topics: preparing the next thematic workshop, identifying upcoming events for participation, setting up an international advisory board, and planning upcoming deliverables.

The following day, PHC members joined the Planetary Health Annual Meeting (PHAM2025) for a session led by the MOSAIC project on Planetary Health and Open Science: Experiences from the MOSAIC Project.

Open Science, as defined by UNESCO, is “a set of principles and practices that aim to make scientific research from all fields accessible to everyone for the benefit of scientists and society as a whole.” It is not only about open access to knowledge, but also about making the process of creating that knowledge inclusive, equitable, and sustainable.

The MOSAIC Horizon project brings this concept to life by promoting the health of cross-border populations in East Africa and the Amazon. It works with local communities to co-produce data and knowledge with scientists, helping people understand and use complex environmental and health information to design practical and sustainable adaptation and mitigation solutions.

Researchers must embrace interdisciplinarity and the co-production of knowledge with local stakeholders if they want to implement transformative actions that contributes to a healthy environment. – Emmanuel Roux, MOSAIC Project Coordinator.

Learn more about Mosaic here: https://www.mosaic-planetaryhealth.eu