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‘One Health Global Think-Tank for Sustainable Health & Well-being’: Laaser U, Lueddeke G, Nurse J. The One Health Global Think Tank for Sustainable Health & Well-Being – 2030 (GHW-2030 (Short Report). SEEJPH 2016, posted: 19 April 2016. DOI 10.4119/UNIBI/SEEJPH-2016- 114 1 Editorial comment Launch of the ‘One Health Global Think-Tank for Sustainable Health & Well-being’ – 2030 (GHW-2030) The adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN General Assembly in September 2015 opens a new era for global, regional, national and local initiatives to ensure the well-being and sustainability of the planet and people (1). The South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH) published several papers (Volumes 2,3,5) on the UN Global Goals (2, 3, 4). In addition, Prof Ulrich Laaser and Prof Vesna Bjegovic Mikanovic established together with Dr George Lueddeke a global think-tank on „Global Health, Governance, and Education‟ (5) to help inform the writing of the Epilogue of Dr Lueddeke‟s recent book entitled Global Population Health and Well-Being in the 21st Century – Towards New Paradigms, Policy, and Practice (6). In continuation of this process we worked with Dr. Joanna Nurse, head of the Commonwealth* Secretariat Health and Education Unit (HEU) (7, 8) and collectively founded the One Health Global Think Tank for Sustainable Health & Well-being – 2030‟ (GHW-2030). A synopsis of the think-tank’s remit and membership is set out below. The summary is followed by a background paper outlining the GHW-2030 rationales, particularly in light of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (9), and the pressing need to incorporate holistic One World, One Health values, principles and practice (10, 11) - as these relate to environmental, social, economic and geopolitical spheres - with a view to guiding associated frameworks (12, 13), policies and enabling strategies. A listing of current GHW-2030 members and affiliations is also provided. For the GHW-2030, April 2016 Professor Ulrich Laaser, International Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (ulrich.laaser@uni-ielefeld.de) *Dr George Lueddeke, Think-tank Convenor/Chair; Southampton, United Kingdom (glueddeke@aol.com) Dr Joanna Nurse, Head, *Commonwealth Secretariat Health and  Secretariat Health and Education Unit (HEU), London, United Kingdom (j.nurse@commonwealth.int)  * The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 53 independent and equal sovereign states. It is home to 2.2 billion citizens, of which over 60% are under the age of 30” (7). See: http://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/114/87 and Download the PDF file. __________________________________________________________ *NOTE: Dr. George Lueddeke [PhD] is expected to be giving the introductory keynote speech titled, Optimizing Global Population Health and Well-Being through the UN 2030 Global Goals and the One Health Approach at the World Veterinary Association - World Medical Association (WVA/WMA) One Health Conference on November 10th  and 11th , 2016 in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.  The WVA/WMA conference will be in cooperation with the Japan Medical / Veterinary Medical Associations who are helping to organize the Second Global One Health Conference entitled Moving forward from One Health Concept to One Health Approach.  See: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/STD2GCOH.pdf.  Dr. Lueddeke is also author of the recently published One Health book “Global Population Health and Well-Being in the 21st Century” http://www.springerpub.com/global-population-health-and-well-being-in-the-21st-century-toward-new-paradigms-policy-and-practice.html and is noted in the One Health Initiative Supporter list http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.   “The World Veterinary Association & World Medical Association recognizes the increasing importance of One Health in terms of sustaining the planet and people globally...”