Foresight: Pathogens from the permafrost: combating the spread of an animal-borne disease with or without Russia

• Main Authors: Bayerlein, Michael, Böttcher, Miranda, Rudloff, Bettina, Villarreal, Pedro A.
• Other Authors: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: DEU 2024
• Subjects: Ökologie; Sozialwissenschaften; Soziologie; Ecology; Social sciences; sociology; anthropology; Tierkrankheit/Tierseuche; Milzbrand; Dauerfrostboden; Freisetzung; Bakterien; Pathogene Bakterien; Global Health Governance; Internationale wissenschaftlich-technologische Zusammenarbeit; Gesundheitsschäden bei Menschen; Arctic Council; Vorschlag/Initiative; Ökologie und Umwelt; Gesundheitspolitik; Environment; Health Policy; Russland; EU; Klimawandel; gesundheitliche Folgen; Infektionskrankheit; Szenario; internationale Zusammenarbeit; Gesundheitsvorsorge; Russia; climate change; health consequences; contagious disease; scenario; international cooperation; health care; 10500; Arctic; Climate change; Food security; Human health; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/96584; http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-96584-2; https://doi.org/10.18449/2024C23

In the European summer of 2027, the world faces a threat, not only to human health but also to biological diversity and food security. An alarming scenario is emerging: The rapidly thawing permafrost in the Russian tundra has released an unknown form of anthrax that is primarily transmitted by birds. European efforts to collaborate with Russia in combating the spread of this pathogen are being met with resistance. (author's abstract)