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“Planetary Health serves as a policy compass and the EU needs to lead globally by example”🧭🇪🇺 STOA organised a workshop on ‘Planetary Health’ yesterday, hosted by MEP Nicolás González Casares and moderated by Dr. Vanessa Harris, that highlighted the link between our planet’s health and the wellbeing of society, and how destabilising the Earth natural systems is threatening human health. 🌎 Seven out of nine planetary boundaries have been breached, five of which primarily due to food systems. Keynote speaker Prof. Johan Rockström pointed out that adopting healthy diets and transitioning away from fossil fuels could restore the planet’s health and bring it back within all its planetary boundaries. Experts Prof.dr. Pim Martens, Dr. Chiara Cadeddu and Prof. Josep M Anto stressed that ‘Planetary Health’ ensures our existing policies are future-proof, as this cross-disciplinary field bridges science, societal values, and policy. It helps to move from fragmented action to coherent decision-making: it strengthens prevention, reduces long-term costs, and improves policy resilience 🛡️ 📢 Participants called for increased investment in public awareness and Planetary Health knowledge, and a Planetary Health Framework to support preventive, integrated policies that protect both human health and the environment in the EU 🇪🇺 📺 Rewatch the event: https://lnkd.in/gq_uuBtA 📰 Read the ESMH interview with Dr. Vanessa Harris: https://wp.me/panTdn-4ss