Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood with HRH Prince Hassanal Shah of Pahang experiencing the Global Collaboration Village at the Planetary Health Summit in Malaysia. Image: Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Sunway University Global collaboration is fundamental in the process of building appropriate response pathways to address this crisis. This year's Planetary Health Summit, in April, showed how emerging technology like Augmented and Virtual Reality can bolster this effort, offering new ways for us and our leaders to connect with the climate crisis and its solutions. Many of the key climate indicators for 2023 exceeded previous records, including sea and land surface temperatures, ocean heat, ocean acidification and sea level rise, with even leading scientists surprised by the speed thresholds have been breached. The nature and climate crisis has driven the planet into uncharted territory, bringing us ever closer to multiple Earth system 'tipping points', with potentially disastrous...
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