Ample documentation of the global environmental degradation of air, land, and water paints a grim picture for the future of humanity. And yet by all measures global human health and well‐being have been improving significantly over the past several decades, including significant improvements in middle‐ and low‐income countries as well. The causes and consequences of this apparent paradox have not received the attention that they deserve, largely because they are measured and studied by different fields of inquiry. A systems approach that focuses on the drivers behind this apparent paradox of environmental degradation and human health improvement must include a combination of social and technological developments that have improved resource use, distribution, and innovation. But in many cases, such as phosphate resources and flying insect populations, the resource bank is not inexhaustible or replaceable, and priority must be placed for research and action on those critical resources upon which planetary health relies. Particularly, providing greater support and access to the table for youth leaders may be one way to create space for this first true generation of Anthroponauts to lead with solutions to our resource problems and to help build balance back into the environment‐health equation.

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探索全球健康水平提高与全球环境恶化的悖论：人类的生存还需要多少借来的时间？


关于全球空气、土地和水环境退化的大量文献为人类的未来描绘了一幅严峻的图景。然而，从各方面衡量，过去几十年来，全球人类健康和福祉显着改善，中等收入和低收入国家也取得了显着改善。这种明显悖论的原因和后果没有得到应有的重视，很大程度上是因为它们是由不同的研究领域来衡量和研究的。关注环境退化和人类健康改善这一明显悖论背后驱动因素的系统方法必须包括改善资源利用、分配和创新的社会和技术发展的结合。但在许多情况下，例如磷酸盐资源和飞行昆虫种群，资源库并不是取之不尽、用之不竭或可替代的，必须优先对地球健康所依赖的这些关键资源进行研究和采取行动。特别是，为青年领袖提供更多支持和参与机会可能是为第一代真正的人类创造空间的一种方式，以领导解决我们的资源问题，并帮助在环境与健康等式中重新建立平衡。