Timeline: Key moments in Planetary Health
Global Change first linked to Human Health
A new idea
Sir Andy Haines publishes the very first papers scientifically linking Climate Change and Human Health: 'Global Warming and Health' in the British Medical Journal (March), and 'Potential impacts on health of atmospheric change' in the Journal of Public Health Medicine (May).
These papers were open about the lack of existing data on climate change, yet correctly predicted specific impacts on health, such as a rise in mosquito-borne illnesses, heat deaths, and pandemics.
A new idea - backed by research
Sir Andy Haines publishes 'Climate Change and Human Health' in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. The report finds 'far reaching implications of climate change on health' - the first major study to do so.
The Lancet publishes 'Global Health Watch' soon after, linking human health and environmental change.
A new idea discussed
Sir Andy Haines publishes 'Potential Effects on Health of Global Warming' in the International Conference on Global Warming Science and Policy in Chicago.
Many conferences begin discussing the link between environmental change and health. 'Global changes in climate will affect health' appears in the British Medical Journal.
A new idea formalized
The World Health Organization publishes the first ever assessment of 'Climate Change and Human Health'
Evidence mounts...
Reports on the link between climate change and health begin to mount
Energy linked to health
The Lancet publishes a series on Energy and Health.
The series notes that simply replacing polluting biomass - such as wood or dung - with electricity leads to significant improvements in health and prospects for wealth creation and social advancement.
Clean energy policies linked to health
The Lancet publishes 'Policies for accelerating access to clean energy, improving health, advancing development, and mitigating climate change', co-authored by two Tyler Prize Laureates: Sir Andy Haines and Kirk R Smith.
Co-benefits discovered
Reports find policies to reduce carbon emissions often result in improved health outcomes
Climate Policy as Health Policy
The Lancet publishes a special series: Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: overview and implications for policy makers.
Led by Andy Haines, the Series examined the health implications of policies aimed at tackling climate change, finding that mitigation strategies that benefit both health and climate "are potentially more cost effective and socially attractive".
Special Report
The Lancet publishes a special report: Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch, a report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health.
Co-authored by Andy Haines.
Planetary Health: A New Discipline
Planetary Health is finally recognized as a new discipline in its own right
'The Lancet: Planetary Health' is launched
This new open-access journal "challenges current barriers between disciplines, and explores connections between them"
Climate Change and Health officially linked
World Health Organization launches a Special Report on Climate Change and Health at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland.
The report outlines official policy recommendations.
Doctors Invited
BMJ publishes 'The health case for urgent action on climate change'. Authored by Sir Andy Haines, the paper argues health professionals have a responsibility to take a leading role in tackling the pressing challenges of the Anthropocene.
Tyler Prize awarded to Sir Andy Haines
The 'Nobel Prize for Environment' recognizes Sir Andy Haines leadership in the field of Planetary Health.
Learn more about the work of Sir Andy Haines: TylerPrize.org
"There are many examples of actions that have had tangible beneficial effects"
The Pathfinder Initiative
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In response to the need for urgent and decisive Climate Action, the Pathfinder Initiative is looking for real-world examples from a range of organisations, people and cities; showing how the implementation of well-designed policies and technologies can yield multiple benefits for people and planet.
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