Springer Nature and the University of Tokyo will be hosting a symposium titled “Planetary Health for Sustainability: Towards transformative solutions for a Healthy Planet” to bring together researchers in Japan, alongside members of the wider community to discuss the links between human health, environmental change and the consequences for planetary health. A rapid acceleration of human impacts on the environment - resulting in climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution - has led to growing calls to develop and implement, including actions to ensure the long-term health of both humans and the wider ecosystem.
This symposium will take place on February 27, 2024, and will consist of a number of talks from some of Japan’s renowned researchers working at the interface of planetary health and the SDGs and Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief of Nature. The presenters will actively discuss how research can pave the way to equitable solutions to these significant challenges. This event marks the fifth SDGs symposium organised in partnership between Springer Nature and the University of Tokyo.
Registration for this event is free and anyone interested in sustainability research at the interface of SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 15 (Life on Land) and SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) is welcome to join.
Speakers for this symposium are as follows (in order of appearance): Chiho Watanabe (Professor and Executive Advisor to the President (Planetary Health), Nagasaki University); Magdalena Skipper (Editor-in-Chief, Nature, Chief Editorial Advisor, Nature Portfolio); Yoonhee Kim (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo); Nobuo Nishi (Dean and Professor, St. Luke’s International University); Saori Kashima (Associate Professor, Hiroshima University); and Emiko Nishimura (Director, Global Health Team, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)).
The event program and speaker profiles can be viewed in the event page.
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