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6 - Addressing Conceptual, Knowledge, and Implementation Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2021

Andy Haines  and
Howard Frumkin
Andy Haines
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Howard Frumkin
Affiliation:
University of Washington
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Summary

The Anthropocene Epoch offers both unprecedented challenges and opportunities for humanity. Which of those prevails will depend on decisions made at all levels, from global to individual, over coming years. There have been many warnings of the risks arising from our current myopic development pathways but the prospect of serious, and even catastrophic, effects may not motivate action on the scale and pace required; indeed it can result in feelings of impotence and resignation.

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Planetary Health
Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene
 , pp. 178 - 212
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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