• Over 200 health journals have recognized climate change and biodiversity loss as an indivisible global health emergency.

• Currently, efforts to address climate change and biodiversity loss are largely fragmented, with separate discussions and actions at upcoming COPs on climate and biodiversity.

• With planetary health, the world has recognized that everything is made up of one overall interdependent system.

• Disruptions in ecosystems threaten food and water security, increase poverty, and exacerbate social inequalities, leading to mass migration and conflict on top of risks of environmental damage leading to various diseases..

• Despite international commitments made at previous COPs, many pledges remain unfulfilled, pushing ecosystems closer to irreversible tipping points. 

• The urgency of these challenges necessitates immediate action.

• The World Health Organization is urged to declare the combined climate and biodiversity crises a global health emergency, given their severity, global reach, and the imperative for coordinated international responses.

• Addressing this emergency demands integrated approaches that align climate and biodiversity agendas with broader societal changes. 

• Health professionals must play a pivotal role as advocates for comprehensive action, while political leaders must recognize the dual threat to health and the potential benefits of holistic crisis management.

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