Case Study I: The World Health Organisation, by Ana Mulió Álvarez

Abstract The world currently faces the greatest challenge ever experienced by humankind. Climate change and environmental degradation threaten nearly every ecological cycle and living organism. Humans have disrupted the bio-sphere: from the composition of the atmosphere to the nutrient cycles of the soil. As recently stated by the UN “75% of land environment and some 66% of the marine environment have been significantly altered by human actions.” We are already experiencing changes in precipitation patterns, rising sea levels, and stronger and more destructive storms due to climate change. In a recent study, UK researchers found microplastics in every marine organism surveyed, in fact, by 2050 plastic will outweigh fish in the ocean. , Such realizations inevitably lead us to wonder about how we got to this point and what we are going to do about it. More specifically, what is our role and purpose in our relationship with the environment? These concerns are deeply philosophical and real. The institutional compass provides a practical tool and a holistic framework of analysis for these complicated philosophical and political inquiries.