COVID-19 lessons for climate change and sustainable health
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Srivastava, S
Khokhar, F
Madhav, A
Pembroke, B
Shetty, Vignesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6645-4975
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jats:pThe drivers underpinning the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and climate change attest to the fact that we are now living in the Anthropocene Epoch, with human activities significantly impacting and altering the global ecosystem. Here, we explore the historical context of zoonoses, the effect of anthropogenic climate change and interrelated drivers on the emergence of, and response to emerging infectious diseases. We call attention to an urgent need for inculcating a One Health research agenda that acknowledges the primary interconnection between animals, humans, pathogens, and their collective milieus to foster long term resilience across all systems within our shared planetary environment.</jats:p>
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emerging infectious diseases, COVID-19, climate change, antimicrobial resistance, non-communicable diseases, one health, anthropocene
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