One Young World Summit Cape Town, 2026

Panel

Healthy Planet, Healthy People: A New Partnership for a Better World

  • 10:10 - 10:40, 6 November
  • CTICC

The health of people and the health of our planet are inseparable, yet the opportunities and responsibilities of that relationship are shared unevenly across the world. This panel brings together leaders from the pharmaceutical and nutritional health sectors to explore one of the defining opportunities of our time: how industries with the power to heal can lead the way, and how the global north can deepen its partnership with the global south to invest in lasting, shared prosperity. From expanding access to medicines to building food systems that nourish people while restoring the soils, water, and biodiversity that everyone depends on, our panellists will explore where commercial innovation and collective responsibility reinforce each other. What does it actually mean to build a healthier world for all? And what role do young leaders, the generation who will shape both the solutions and the systems, have in partnering with these industries to reimagine what's possible? This is a conversation about opportunity, partnership, and the ambition to act boldly at the intersection of human and planetary health.