Engage with scholars, communities, and partners working across local, regional, and global contexts to advance planetary health and environmental justice.
The Center convenes researchers, educators, students, and community partners to support systems transformation through collaboration, learning, and action. This page highlights key partners, networks, and opportunities for engagement, including conferences, convenings, and movements taking place across Minnesota and beyond.
- Institute on the Environment
- Nurses Drawdown
- Planetary Health Alliance
- Get Involved | Community Arts @ Health Sciences
- Health Students for a Healthy Climate (HSHC) | Center for Health Interprofessional Programs (CHIP)
- Ecohealth Quest | Center for Interprofessional Health
- Health Innovation and Leadership DNP specialty
- Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships | UMN Extension
- UMN Climate Adaptation Partnership
- Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
- Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate – Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.
- Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment (ANHE)
News
AnnMarie Walton, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN, CHES, FAAN, associate professor at Duke University School of Nursing, delivered the keynote The Cancer-Climate Connection: Environmental Drivers of Cancer in the Climate Era at the seventh annual Planetary Health Guest Lecture, hosted by the Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice on Feb. 18
The University of Minnesota School of Nursing received an A on the 2025 Planetary Health Report Card, ranking #1 of nursing schools that were graded.
