Planetary health diplomacy and transdisciplinary research

Abstract Given the urgent need for multilateral action planetary health, scope of health research must be broadened. Key challenges are currently addressed through disconnected approaches and fragmented policy making. Planetary is an integrative approach that can enhance synergies across multiple agendas, notably related to environment, human rights, security. It high time boost overlooked area: diplomacy. This involves measuring progress beyond gross domestic product, broadening understanding security include reforming international organisations ensure protection a rule-based order. Efforts address them lack truly holistic narrative. The science goes politicised climate change agenda. So far, studies have privileged natural in order become more impactful. However, insights gained this work deserve translated into actionable policies decision makers. More social scientists therefore needed process. Scholars relations under-represented community. absence political scientists, lawyers, foreign experts, diplomats, civil servants who committed translating knowledge effective comes at cost. Policy decisions being reshaped context evolving pandemic recovery planning, strategies advance do not take account unfolding shifts global power doomed fail. With only decade remaining shift gears towards achieving SDGs, there no spare. de Paula, N. (2021). diplomacy: call action. Lancet. Health, 5(1), e8-e9. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30300-4.