On May, 2025. The UNDRR/ISC Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) offer science-based, standardized definitions and key characteristics for a wide range of hazards across key clusters: Meteorological and Hydrological, Extraterrestrial, Environmental, Geological, Chemical, Biological, Technological and Societal. 

The updated version has just been published in May 2025 reflects a major shift toward a multi-hazard understanding of risk – recognizing that hazards often interact, cascade, or occur together in ways that intensify their impacts. They  are designed to support risk assessments, early warning systems, evidence-based policy, and disaster resilience planning across sectors.

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On June 4, 2025, on the eve of World Environment Day, 49 leading academics and experts are sending an open letter to the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group, urging them to implement measures to address nature loss in the G20 Sustainable Finance Roadmap. 

As the Working Group meets next week in South Africa, experts warn that the current economic and financial systems are driving ecosystem and climate breakdown toward irreversible tipping points. G20 environment ministers have similarly highlighted how nature loss poses increasing risks to economic and financial stability.

see the Global Road Map for Nature Positive (WWF)

see the open letter

This report has the following chapters:

• Chapter 1: A definition of One Health in the EU context and a discussion of its ethical consequences

• Chapter 2: An analysis of institutional and governance requirements, and relevant existing EU policy areas

• Chapter 3: A proposal of qualitative and quantitative indicators of assessment of One Health policies

• Chapter 4: A literature review of studies which examine the benefit-cost ratio of One Health initiatives, and a selection of case studies exemplifying the implementation of a One Health approach

• Chapter 5: A summary of knowledge gaps and evidence-based policy options

SAPEA. (2024). One Health governance in the European Union. Berlin: SAPEA. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14055991

International Network for Governmental Science Advice. 2024. Guidelines for Countering Zoonotic Spillover of High Consequence Pathogens in the Southeast Asia. Region Sunway City, Malaysia, INGSA-Asia.

The report outlines recommendations for science policy regarding biodiversity and pandemics that need to be implemented in order to develop broader transformative policies for human, animal, and ecosystem health.

Jagadesh S., Caron A., Lajaunie C., Turan H. M., Bunnefeld,N.; Cunningham A., Fernandez M., Scott A., Tchouaffe Tchiadje N., Izdebski A., Shapiro J.T. (2023).Biodiversity and pandemics :  interdisciplinary research and action priorities. Eklipse Evidence Report 02/2023

The Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Programme of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) issued a report, which identifies the health benefits of forests. A total of 44 scientists and experts contributed to this assessment, with a core Expert Panel of 16 scientists with diverse expertise, including forestry, ecology, landscape design, psychology, medicine, epidemiology and public health.

The five key messages:

•  Forests, trees, and green spaces impact human health across all life stages.

• Positive health outcomes of forests, trees, and green spaces significantly outweigh negative ones.

• The health outcome of forests is the result of several pathways that are dependent on context and individual lifestyles.

• Forest-health relations offer solutions to global crises.

• Integrative and cross-sectoral approaches need to be adopted to improve forest-health linkages.

Konijnendijk C, Devkota D, Mansourian S,  Wildburger C (eds.), 2023. Forests and Trees for Human Health: Pathways, Impacts, Challenges and Response Options. A Global Assessment Report. IUFRO World Series Volume 41. Vienna.