Sufficiency health-wise: sustainable paths towards planetary and public health
Planet Earth is threatened by the human population. Energy and resource use are far beyond the planet's carrying capacity. Planetary Health suggests an alternative idea of prosperity as the best possible human health for all within planetary boundaries. This implies giving priority to ecology because human health depends ultimately on the integrity of the global biosphere. This paper presents a Health Sufficiency Framework, based on the Doughnut Economics Model. It is meant to fuel discussions on delicate topics of the required transformations of health care and public health.
Authors
- Timo Falkenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6778-4178)
- Jennyfer Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4242-4149)
- Laura Franziska Roth
- Klaus Geiselhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-817X)
- Regine Unkels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6348-1620)
- Gabriela Pen Nasser
- Andrea Sylvia Winkler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3131-6983)
- Maik Damm
- Niklas Jeske
- Alexia Knappmann
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (DE)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (DE)
- Berlin Centre of Competence for Water (DE)
- Klinikum im Friedrichshain (DE)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1497657
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.31