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Developing Scenario-Based Strategies for Health, Climate, and Environmental Preparedness: The One Health, One Earth Approach
Environmental Health Sciences Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Department of Cellular Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
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2026 (English)In: GeoHealth, E-ISSN 2471-1403, Vol. 10, no 4, article id e2025GH001674Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Climate change amplifies many threats to human health. Despite advances in understanding climate change dynamics and impacts, there remains a critical gap in translating scientific knowledge into equitable, and community-driven health interventions. The inaugural One Earth, One Health workshop sought to explore this gap through human-centered design exercises involving interdisciplinary researchers from climate and Earth sciences, engineering, epidemiology, microbiology, and environmental health. Although participants did not co-develop solutions with affected communities, they used stakeholder role-playing to guide ideation and lay groundwork for actionable plans. Through these methods, participants identified community needs and proposed prototype solutions to alleviate health threats exacerbated by global environmental change. Prototypes were organized around infectious diseases, extreme weather, and air quality, as illustrative themes rather than an exhaustive set of risks. Key solutions included strategies for anticipatory systems and early warning (e.g., integrating environmental signals with health data), inclusive communication and infrastructure needs for responding to extreme weather events, and integrated platforms visualizing air quality trends to support tailored, context-aware guidance beyond one-size-fits-all alerts. The workshop highlighted opportunities such as leveraging machine learning, Earth observation, and real-time surveillance to protect communities, but also noted barriers including data quality, technological redundancy, privacy, and governance challenges. Additionally, participants emphasized the need for interdisciplinary teams capable of collaborating across sectors, breaking down silos and addressing gaps in training and education. Overall, the workshop illustrates how process-driven, human-centered approaches can help surface user needs and generate testable prototype concepts, while underscoring the importance of direct community partnership for implementation.

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American Geophysical Union (AGU) , 2026. Vol. 10, no 4, article id e2025GH001674
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climate extremes, community, environmental health, human centered design, One Health
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-379408DOI: 10.1029/2025GH001674ISI: 001731310800001PubMedID: 41930227Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105034537950OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-379408DiVA, id: diva2:2053414
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