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What’s behind the dengue fever outbreak in South America?

Dengue fever cases in the Americas have tripled over the past year. Why is it spreading so quickly – and what can we do about it?

 

What will it take to prevent the next pandemic?

Renowned epidemiologist Jonna Mazet speaks on the funds, research and environmental protection needed to prevent the next pandemic.

 
Enfermeras del Servicio Nacional de Salud del Reino Unido en Sierra Leona durante un brote de ébola. Simon Davis, DFID

One Health, one cure

The history of the approach to health that promises to prevent future pandemics

 
Palm nut fruits harvested from a sustainable farm in Jambi, Indonesia. Agriculture is linked in many ways to the risks of future pandemics.Tri Saputro, Flickr

Preventing future pandemics could depend on sustainable food

A new report assesses the main drivers of zooneses and how the knock-on effects of unstainable food systems can lead to future pandemics.

 
A journey through the Russian Arctic, where David Quammen traveled in 2013 to report for National Geographic. Christopher Michel, Flickr

“I tell the story of the heroic and suspenseful work that goes into the doing of science.”

Journalist and award-winning author David Quammen on his career of writing to change human perspective on the natural world.

 
The COVID-19 pandemic. Jernej Furman, Flickr

Negative oil prices, a Korean Green Deal, and face masks from ocean plastic

In this news roundup: Earth Day turns 50 online, nature takes over cities in lockdown, and why clean energy could be worth USD 100 trillion by 2050.

 
Fermentation, a process of breaking down chemicals, has been used as a food preservation technique for centuries and is now attracting new enthusiasm from consumers across the globe. Jim Fischer, Flickr

How fermentation’s new heyday is benefitting human and planetary health

How a revival of ancient fermentation methods to preserve food is boosting immune systems, reducing food waste and capturing markets.

 

How did deforestation lead to the rise of COVID-19?

In conversation with Robert Nasi of CIFOR and Annika Terrana of WWF about the connections between deforestation and COVID-19.

 

What is the effect of a pandemic on the global food supply system?

In conversation with Lawrence Haddad, executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, about COVID-19 and the global food supply system.

 

How does destruction of the natural world affect public health systems?

In conversation with Dr. Aaron Bernstein of Harvard Medical School about the known and anticipated connections between climate change and COVID-19.

 

How should COVID-19 be used to re-shape broken global systems?

In conversation with renowned author and MIT lecturer Otto Scharmer on how COVID-19 can affect behavior change and be used to re-shape global systems.

 
Facemasks to protect from Coronavirus. Prachatai, Flickr

Coronavirus and carbon emissions, COP 26’s postponement and Venice’s clear waters

In this news roundup: the connections between coronavirus and carbon emissions, oil prices, the ozone layer and where to get carbon-negative hand sanitizer.

 

At the dawn of COVID-19, how did the climate change sector react to the pandemic?

In conversation with Charlotte Streck, co-founder and director of global think tank Climate Focus on COVID-19's effects on continued climate action.

 

How can biodiversity loss lead to global pandemics?

On World Health Day 2020, a conversation between two zoology experts on the emergence and spread of disease among wildlife in relation to COVID-19.

 

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