New paper on the “polycrisis” of infectious disease spread, biodiversity loss and climate change

Intergovernmental reports have drawn focus to the escalating climate and biodiversity crises and the connections between them, but interactions among all three pressures have been largely overlooked. We show how considering the full suite of connections would be transformative for planetary health by identifying potential for co-benefits and mutually beneficial scenarios, and highlighting where a narrow focus on solutions to one pressure might aggravate another. Read the full paper in Lancet Planetary Health 8: e270-e283.

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