PHA is a Harvard-led consortium of 140+ universities, NGOs, and other partners from 30+ countries, with the shared mission of promoting human health and the health of natural systems on which we depend. Planetary Health is an emerging transdisciplinary field, encompassing the vast interconnections between human health and the natural/physical sciences, and broadly integrating the related fields of
Public Health, GeoHealth, One Health, Global Health, etc. The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) is a consortium of more than 70 universities, NGOs, and other partners with a shared mission — supporting the growth of a rigorous, policy-focused, transdisciplinary field of applied research aimed at understanding and addressing the human health implications of accelerating anthropogenic change in Earth’s natural systems. The PHA focuses its efforts on three areas: (1) Education: “to equip the next generation of planetary health scholars to address critical questions in this emerging field,” (2) Research: to provide training and resources “for building a cadre of young investigators with the capacity and motivation to break new ground in this field,” and (3) Policy: to “work with stakeholders to develop science policy approaches to inform decision-making, policy, and practice.”
UNE joined as an institutional member of the Planetary Health Alliance in April 2017. Interested faculty and staff from UNE have formed a University Planetary Health Steering Committee to explore how UNE can contribute to the field of Planetary Health and how Planetary Health concepts can be more fully integrated into our curriculum and student learning experience. UNE is in great company — alliance members include academic institutions, governmental bodies, non-profit organizations, and research institutes.
