Planetary Health
Climate change is a threat multiplier whose impacts are already seen in the increasing intensity and frequency of climate-related disasters. Planetary Health examines economic and development progress as the cause of environmental degradation that poses threats to human health. Since the health of the planet is the prerequisite for human health and human civilisation, the planetary health concept advocates for systems-level and cross-sectoral interventions that are aimed towards nature protection and conservation, while at the same time considering holistic well-being including issues of justice and equity. The Centre began the development of a multi-disciplinary research project on Planetary Health in 2021 collaborating with individual researchers and schools across NTU. The concept is increasingly rallied around as a solutions-oriented response to the triple planetary crises of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution, and its value of addressing all 17 SDG goals.
Latest Publications
RSIS Commentaries
- Pey Peili, California Wildfires and Planetary Health, RSIS Commentary CO25017, 27 January 2025.
- Danielle Lynn Goh, ASEAN One Health Efforts: Tackling the Intersections of Climate Change and Health, RSIS Commentary CO24089, 05 July 2024
NTS Bulletin
- Pey Peili, Planetary Health and SDGs: Navigating Geopolitical Shifts for a Sustainable Future, NTS Bulletin April 2025, 24 April 2025.
- Margareth Sembiring, Planetary Health and the ASEAN Vision 2025, NTS Bulletin June 2024, 26 June 2024.
Op-eds
NTS Fast Facts
2023 Publications
NTS Policy Reports
NTS Bulletin
2022 Publications
2021 Publications
RSIS Commentaries
NTS Insights
2020 – 2012 Publications
RSIS Commentaries
- Margareth Sembiring, Global Health Security – COVID-19 Crisis: Timely Reminder for Climate Change, RSIS Commentary CO20074, 17 April 2020.
- Rini Astuti. Digital Peatland Governance: Surveillance Technology for Haze Free Region, RSIS Commentary, April 13, 2017. Republished in: The Jakarta Post print edition, April 27, 2017.
- Lina Gong, ‘China’s Pledge to Restore Blue Skies’, RSIS Commentary, No. 046, 17 March 2017.
- Margareth Sembiring, Combating Haze: Holding One’s Breath A Year On, RSIS Commentary CO16211, 19 August 2016.
- Margareth Sembiring, Here Comes the Haze, Yet Again: Are New Measures Working?, RSIS Commentaries, 08 September 2015.
NTS/Policy Reports
NTS Insights
Op-eds
- Margareth Sembiring, “The Same Old Normal for Climate Action in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia”, The National Bureau of Asian Research, 26 September 2020
- Margareth Sembiring, Preparing for Climate Change Effect on SE Asia Epidemics. The Jakarta Post, 10 August 2017.
