Hosted by The German Federal Foreign Office and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). With the historic Manhattan Principles as a foundation, this conference further incorporated climate change and other global health security challenges at the human-animal-environment interface to create a new set of principles as a call to action. Among the conference outcomes, a strategic document—The Berlin Principles—was released. Discussions on global health threats, challenges, opportunities and solutions emphasized holistic approaches, such as One Health and Planetary Health.
Conference Moderator was Sir Andrew Haines.
"No one discipline or sector of society holds enough knowledge and resources to single-handedly prevent the emergence or resurgence of diseases while maintaining and improving the health and well-being of all species in today’s globalized world. No one country can reverse the patterns of land-use change, marine degradation, carbon release, soil degradation, environmental pollution, and species extinctions that, if left unmitigated, undermine the health of people and wildlife. Intensive work within each discipline is essential to develop expertise.” —The Berlin Principles