Environmental Health: Towards Synthesis in Global Law and Governance

International law and global governance regimes for environmental health challenges have been slow to reflect the intertwined relationship between the environment and human health. Historical legacies have caused artificial fragmentationbetween the twothat has resulted in distinct fields of international law and institutions for the environment and health. However, new global paradigms for thinkingabout environmental health have emerged to foster synthesisunder global health law, including One Health and Planetary Healthapproaches, as well asthroughinternational human rights lawlike the recognition of the right to a clean, safe, and healthy environment. Guided by equity, new international law and global governancereforms, including the proposed Pandemic Agreement and Plastics Treaty, are opportunities to synthesize the intersecting dimensions of the environment and global health