Survey Report — Health Priorities Under Future Earth
Read the findings from a survey the oneHEALTH core project initiated to learn more about knowledge and capacity gaps and critical areas for policy making in the realm of health and environmental change. We thank participants for sharing their insight, and are particularly excited that it revealed a wide range of sectors are interested in health-relevant work and outcomes under Future Earth.

Urbanization and Infections: Hidden Links to Rural Settings
Catherine Machalaba, Virginia Porter
A look at urban factors in public health in light of the West African Ebola outbreak.

A New Paradigm Toward Global Sustainability and Health
Catherine C. Machalaba, Peter Daszak, William B. Karesh, Paul Shrivastava
Concurrent with the sustainable development goals adoption and the UN Climate negotiations, 2015 also marked the formal establishment of the Future Earth scientific platform, envisioned as a 10-year research program for global sustainability. Future Earth merges previous scientific programs in the global environmental change realm—including biodiversity science from DIVERSITAS, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, and the International Human Dimensions Programme.

Climate Change and Health: Transcending Silos to Find Solutions
Catherine Machalaba, Cristina Romanelli, Peter Stoett, Sarah Baum, Timothy Bouley, Peter Daszak, William Karesh
Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water security, and other societal disruptions. As the effects of climate change cannot be isolated from social and ecological determinants of disease that will mitigate or exacerbate forecasted health outcomes, multidisciplinary collaboration is critically needed.

Envisioning a World without Emerging Disease Outbreaks
Catherine Machalaba, William Karesh
Recent outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases have seemingly appeared without warning, resulting in highly reactive responses. Opportunities for public health systems to get ahead of future outbreaks are outlined, with emphasis on a ‘One Health’ approach toward a more full understanding of human, animal and ecological links to enable integrated solutions.