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Planetary health starts in our cities
Posted by UCL Open Environment Editorial Office on 2026-02-04
The biophysical and human worlds are linked in an interwoven planetary system. This blog draws on a recent editorial published in UCL Open Environment, which explores how human health depends on finite biophysical processes and the role cities play in delivering solutions to the environmental crises they have helped to create. Planetary health brings this interdependence into focus. It asks how [...]
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