Renzo R. Guinto

Renzo R. Guinto is the chief planetary health scientist of the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health in Malaysia and inaugural director of the Planetary and Global Health Program at St. Luke's Medical Center College of Medicine in the Philippines.

View of a COP27 sign on the road leading to the conference area in Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh as the city prepares to host the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 20, 2022.
Environment

Protecting Mental Health in the Era of a Warming Planet

by Renzo R. Guinto, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta

It's often forgotten that mental health is influenced by climate change

People walk through Terowongan 4444, built from plastic bottles collected from several rivers around the city in three years, constructed by an Indonesian environmental activist group.
Environment

Indonesia: Why Planetary Health Should Be on the Menu for the G20 Chair

by Renzo R. Guinto, Jemilah Mahmood

President Joko Widodo has the opportunity to champion a "planetary health" approach

Esohe Ozigbo, a 15-year-old climate change activist, is seen during one of her campaign picking up refuse disposed carelessly in Lagos, Nigeria April 16, 2021. Picture taken April 16, 2021
Environment

Closing the Gap on Health-Related Climate Financing

by Naomi Beyeler, Renzo R. Guinto

Vulnerable communities need support for health systems as they adapt to climate change

People whose jobs were affected by COVID-19 restrictions wait in lines to receive cash assistance from the government, at an elementary school in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, April 12, 2021.
Governance

A Tale of Two Countries During COVID-19

by Renzo R. Guinto, Sumegha Asthana

India and the Philippines have seen parallel health system challenges during the pandemic