Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Date Written: January 08, 2025
Abstract
Pandemics pose a global threat to human-wellbeing, justice, economies, and ecosystems, comparable in urgency and impact to other planetary crises such as climate change and biodiversity loss. The world needs a scientific synthesis and assessment body focused on pandemic risks and solutions. Now, the primary challenge is for national governments and international organizations to agree on a blueprint. Learning lessons from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) could help them chart a course through important decisions about format, governance, operations, scientific scope and process, and the ability to recommend policies that make the world safer.
Note: Gates Foundation Grant Number(s): OPP1202541, INV-003239
Data Availability Statement: PENDING
Keywords: pandemics, World Health Organization, IPCC, IPBES, pandemic agreement, climate change, biodiversity
Carlson, Colin J and Trisos, Christopher H. and Oppenheim, Ben and Bansal, Shweta and Davies, Sara E. and Diongue-Niang, Aïda and Fan, Victoria and Kraemer, John and Golden-Kroner, Rachel and Gostin, Lawrence O and Hayman, David TS and Koopmans, Marion and Lavelle, Torre and das Neves, Carlos and O'Donoghue, Zoe and Pereira, Laura and Roche, Benjamin and Sirleaf, Matiangai V. S. and Zamanian, Kayla and Zambrana-Torrelio, Carlos and Phelan, Alexandra, The Scientific Mission and Governance of an Intergovernmental Panel on Pandemics: Lessons from the IPCC and IPBES (January 08, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5088265 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5088265
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