Conceptual analysis demonstrates how planetary health reframes global health governance around ecological systems, indicating a need for eco-centric legal frameworks.
Key Points
To examine how the planetary health framework challenges and expands the scope, interpretation, and implementation of global health law to protect ecological determinants of health.
Conducted a legal and conceptual analysis exploring the integration of planetary health concepts into international health governance.
Synthesized theoretical paradigms encompassing systems thinking, eco-centric legal theories, Indigenous knowledge frameworks, and emerging human rights doctrines.
Demonstrated that shifting to a planetary health perspective moves international health law beyond traditional human-centric biomedical paradigms toward holistic ecosystem protection.
Established that applying eco-centric principles and Indigenous knowledge provides novel legal mechanisms for designing, interpreting, and enforcing treaties that safeguard vital ecological foundations.