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January 2016

Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: A global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks

World Health Organization (WHO)
This report Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: A global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks presents a wide-ranging assessment and detailed findings to show by how much and in what ways improving the environment can promote health and well-being.
February 2015

Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and human health - A state of knowledge review

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), World Health Organization (WHO), Convention on Biodiversity (CBD)
The report Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and human health, synthesizes the available information on the most important inter-linkages; for example between biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and epidemic infectious diseases such as the Ebola virus; and the connection between biodiversity, nutritional diversity and health.
17 April 2020
Other News

COVID-19 is not a silver lining for the climate, says UN Environment chief

Greenhouse gas emissions are down and air quality has gone up, as governments react to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, has cautioned against viewing this as a boon for the environment. In this First Person editorial, Ms. Andersen calls instead for a profound, systemic shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet.
March 2020

A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and its Policy Implication

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The resource, A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and its Policy Implication offers a conceptual framework for analyzing the economic impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and considers some policy implications.
February 2021

How to feed the world in times of pandemics and climate change?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
In this brief, four questions are addressed from the perspective of livestock systems: (1) How can food systems emerge strengthened from the COVID-19 pandemic? (2) How can the agricultural sector contribute to preventing further pandemics? (3) How can food systems become more climate-resilient? and (4) How can food systems contribute to climate change mitigation better than before?
April 2020

The Loss of Nature and the Rise of Pandemics

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
In light of the COVID-19 crisis, this report considers the links between human destruction of nature and the development of pandemics.
28 April 2020
Partner Event

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

The annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work promotes the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally.
May 2020

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030

European Commission (EC)
The pandemic is raising awareness of the links between our own health and the health of ecosystems. It is demonstrating the need for sustainable supply chains and consumption patterns that do not exceed planetary boundaries. In the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the European Commission is discussing the linkages between the conservation of biodiversity and a post Covid-19 economic recovery
September 2017

Water, Health and Wealth

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), GGKP Annual Conference
Providing clean water requires maintenance, as well as the initial connections that are typically measured. Frequently, the water supply fails in the developing world, especially when users don’t pay the marginal cost of water.

Kate Medlicott

Team Leader, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Unit
World Health Organization (WHO)

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