Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health

Exciting News! The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships Program is developing a new research cluster in #PlanetaryHealth. This cluster will foster multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration to understand the health implications of environmental changes and develop effective, robust solutions for the health impacts of the Earth crisis. The BDP cluster in Planetary Health will be closely associated with JHIPH and is expected to strengthen and complement the scholarship community that is being assembled and supported through JHIPH's programs and activities. This cluster’s investment in research includes:? ?? 4 Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships ?? 4 Junior Faculty Positions. Interested in this cluster? Reach out to [email protected] or visit https://lnkd.in/edKNgT56 to learn more or share suggestions.

Yesterday, Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health met with Baltimore City Councilpersons Phylicia Porter and Mark C. for a truly inspiring conversation on shaping policies to improve the health of Baltimore City's people, communities, and the planet. ?? Thank you to everyone who participated and we look forward to continuing to work together! Seydina Fall, CFA, Megan Weil Latshaw, Christopher Lemon, Justin Lane, Susan Koch Hughes, Sophie Diltz, Stacy Villegas, MPH

Opportunities to engage in the field of #PlanetaryHealth continue to take shape across Johns Hopkins University and beyond! Download the pdf below for a list of upcoming events and opportunities, including Futures in the Face of Ruin—an environmental humanities conversation happening this Sunday, March 3, co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health. Plus, register now for the Planetary Health Annual Meeting 2025 (#PHAM2025) — a global gathering of thought leaders, researchers, policymakers, and changemakers dedicated to building a healthier, more regenerative future.

?? 91% of people in urban areas breathe polluted air. With 2.5 billion more people expected to live in cities by 2050, we urgently need healthier, zero-waste, sustainable cities. Find out which 3 critical shifts will get us there. ?? Pollution leads to millions of excess deaths each year, with 91% of people in urban areas breathing polluted air that does not meet WHO guidelines. The health cost of air pollution is also staggering at US$8.1 trillion — which is 6.1% of global GDP. It is clear that we must address pollution in order to develop cities that are efficient, resilient and equitable.????? Because cities bring together transportation, energy, buildings, water, waste management?and more, we must transform all of these interconnected systems together to achieve global climate and development goals. But such transformations can’t happen in isolation, and must occur much faster.??? The three key shifts needed by 2050 to transform urban systems and meet climate and development goals in cities are: ?? Plan urban land use to reduce emissions and increase climate resilience.? ?? Increase access to resilient and affordable urban services.? ?? Rapidly scale up zero-waste outcomes in cities. Global Commons Alliance #SystemsChangeLab?breaks down the data and insights on these shifts — and the enabling factors such as policy and?finance?— needed to advance action. ?? Read more about the three shifts from Systems Change Lab: https://lnkd.in/dk2ca5cz ?? Explore urban air pollution data and action to prevent it, and more cities insights: https://lnkd.in/ecrDUxPr

The Planetary Health Challenge 2025: Youth Competition is calling on bold thinkers, innovators, and changemakers to tackle one of the most urgent issues of our time: freshwater scarcity. Water is the foundation of life, yet pollution, climate change, and overuse are depleting this vital resource at an alarming rate, threatening human health and ecosystems worldwide. ?? Why join this challenge? ? Collaborate in a diverse 3-member team to develop innovative solutions ??Gain mentorship opportunities from experts ??Present your ideas to a global audience of policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders ? Potentially gain a travel scholarship to attend the Planetary Health Annual Meeting 2025 (#PHAM2025) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands ? Apply now: https://buff.ly/3WIIfZe #PlanetaryHealth #Sustainability #Innovation #WaterSecurity #PHAM2025 #Pollution #ClimateChange #FreshwaterScarcity

The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator is a fast, powerful climate solutions scenario tool for understanding how we can achieve our climate goals through changes in energy, land use, consumption, agriculture, and other policies. In February, new climate-health impacts graphs were released, including a Crop Nutrient Decrease from CO2 Concentration graph. This new graph, developed by Climate Interactive, Ventana Systems, Inc., UMass Lowell Research Climate Change Initiative, and MIT Sloan School of Management and informed in part by the earlier work, insights, and support of JHIPH Faculty Director Samuel Myers, illustrates the average reductions in three key dietary nutrients (protein, iron and zinc) across four major staple crops. Explore the Crop Nutrient Decrease from CO2 Concentration graph and other health impact graphs here: https://lnkd.in/d8hW-fzt

As part of The Future of Here program at The Peale Community Museum in Baltimore, artist and herbalist Alyssa Dennis is leading a workshop that explores the connections between our senses and the medicinal properties of plants. Participants will taste, touch, and smell plants corresponding to the five flavors (bitter, pungent, sour, sweet, salty). The flavor of familiar plants can reveal an herb’s affinities, energetics, and medicinal actions, deepening our understanding of how #PlantMedicine works and helping to divest from a one-size-fits-all modern healthcare paradigm. View the graphic below for more information, including how to register for this free workshop:

?? It's time! Registration is NOW OPEN for #PHAM2025! Join us for the Planetary Health Annual Meeting 2025—a global gathering of thought leaders, researchers, policymakers, and changemakers dedicated to building a healthier, more regenerative future. Expect cutting-edge science, inspiring speakers, artistic integrations, and unparalleled networking opportunities—all in a dynamic, collaborative space. As we build on the momentum of #PHAM2024, this year’s meeting will be a defining moment for the #PlanetaryHealth movement! ?? Location: Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands ?? Date: October 7-10, 2025 ? Register now and be part of the movement: https://lnkd.in/epan7fWj Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM)

Last week, members of our JHIPH team had the pleasure of attending the opening of The Future of Here: A Glimpse of a River Culture to Come. The exhibition showcases work made by a collective of artists and researchers at The Johns Hopkins University in the fall of 2024, anchored in a class co-taught by visual artist Jordan Tierney and environmental anthropologist Anand Pandian. Through this class, students made thought-provoking art from the objects people leave behind– transforming soda cans, rusty machine parts, plastic toys, and broken glass found along our streams into fictional artifacts from the future.? View The Future of Here at The Peale between February 13, 2025 – March 30, 2025. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/enWUmCvm

ETHICAL MANDATE- NURSE FOR PLANETARY HEALTH For 23 consecutive years, Americans have ranked nursing as the most honest and ethical profession. This reputation isn’t just a reflection of our compassion and dedication—it’s a testament to our unwavering commitment to the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses. Now, as we face unprecedented environmental crises, the 2025 revision of the Code calls nurses to protect planetary health. ?“Planetary health challenges include environmental degradation, aridification, exploitation of Earth’s resources, ecosystem destruction, climate change, waste, microplastics, forever chemicals, and other environmental assaults. These disproportionately affect the health of the poor and ultimately affect the health of all humanity….Nursing brings to the world a uniquely intimate knowledge of the human condition and its interaction with the environment, and is well-positioned to address the social, economic, political, and institutional causes that inhibit health and well-being. Nursing works to undermine those social and political forces that harm, and strengthens those forces that foster health and flourishing, and repair and heal the world.” (Provision 10.5) Calling all nurses to fully embrace our Code of Ethics and actively work to restore planetary health. #NursesForThePlanet #ANA #PlanetaryHealth #EthicalNursing