Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM) is proud to be part of CINPHIA - Co-creation and INtegration of Planetary Health Impact Assessment in policy practice, a newly funded project under the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA). The national consortium, led by Wageningen University & Research and coordinated by Marleen Bekker, was the only proposal awarded funding in this call, highlighting the growing importance of research addressing the links between environmental change and human health.
Over the next five years, the project will develop a Planetary Health Compass, a framework designed to help translate the complex relationships between environmental change and human health into more informed and coherent policy decisions.
Within the consortium, ESHPM is a key partner and leads a dedicated work package on climate adaptation and infectious diseases in partnership with Erasmus MC. Maike Tietschert (ESHPM) works together with Chiara Cadeddu (ESHPM) and Reina Sikkema (Erasmus MC & PDPC) to explore how planetary health impact assessment can help better understand the interactions between climate adaptation policies and climate-sensitive diseases. In collaboration with partners including Rotterdams WeerWoord, GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the Province of South Holland, the team will examine how climate adaptation strategies may influence emerging health risks and how policy can respond more effectively.
This work also builds on ClimateHUB Rotterdam, a regional learning network founded by Reina Sikkema and Maike Tietschert together with Maarten Scharma (Leiden University) and Pauline de Best (Erasmus MC), connecting stakeholders in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond region working towards healthy and climate-resilient cities. In addition, Chiara Cadeddu contributes her expertise in planetary health policy to support the development of a Community Compass, aimed at strengthening citizen engagement in planetary health decision-making.
The project brings together researchers, policymakers and societal partners to support more integrated approaches to planetary health challenges.
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