The 2026 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: a decade of escalating health harms and a decisive moment for all

Marina Romanello, Maria Walawender, Jennifer Israelsson, Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan, Fabio Battaglia, Aditi Dutta, Shih-Che Hsu, Papa Orgen, Yasna Palmeiro-Silva, Daniel Scamman, James W Smallcombe, Sabah Abdullah, Nadia Ameli, Thomas R Andrew, Denitsa Angelova, Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Joan Ballester, Xavier Basagaña, Sara Basart, Hannah Bechara, Paul J Beggs, Belén Benitez Martinez, Mitchell Black, Wenjia Cai, Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Armel Castellan, Patricia Castellanos, Travis Coan, Philomena Colagiuri, Ellen Connorton, Troy J Cross, Carole Dalin, Niheer Dasandi, Shouro Dasgupta, Michael Davies, Matthew Eckelman, Gina Friel, Chris Freyberg, Olga Gasparyan, Joseph Giguere, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Ian Hamilton, Yun Hang, Risto Hänninen, Stella Hartinger, Kehan He, Julian Heidecke, Jeremy J Hess, Slava Jankin, Ollie Jay, Victoria Johnson, Evgeny Kadantsev, Dafni Kalatzi-Pantera, Ilan Kelman, Harry Kennard, Gregor Kiesewetter, Patrick Kinney, Dominic Kniveton, Rostislav Kouznetsov, Pete Lampard, Hyunju Lee, Jason K W Lee, Bruno Lemke, Bo Li, Yang Liu, Zhao Liu, Lydia Loh Hwee Teng, Rachel Lowe, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Ranadheer Malla, Krishnamoorthy Manohara, Anil Markandya, Greta Martin, Jaime Martinez-Urtaza, Mark Maslin, Will McDowall, Celia McMichael, Zhifu Mi, Carles Milà, James Milner, Kelton Minor, Jan C Minx, Nahid Mohajeri, Natalie C Momen, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Karyn Morrissey, Simon Munzert, Lucia M Murgia, Hamid Nejadghorban, Saffron O’Neill, Matthias Otto, Fereidoon Owfi, Frank Pega, Andrew J Pershing, Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes, Dimple Pruthi, Mahnaz Rabbaniha, Tim Repke, Chantelle Rizan, Jorge A Roa-Contreras, Emma Roberts, Elizabeth J Z Robinson, Joacim Rocklöv, David Rojas-Rueda, Jorge Ruiz-Cabrejos, Matilde Rusticucci, Mahnoor Saeed, Renee N Salas, Christian Schweizer, Jan C Semenza, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Jodi D Sherman, Joy Shumake-Guillemot, Pratik Singh, Henrik Sjödin, Matthew R Smith, Mikhail Sofiev, Cecilia Sorensen, Marco Springmann, Jennifer D Stowell, Geoffrey Supran, Meisam Tabatabaei, Federico Tartarini, Jonathon Taylor, Daniel Tong, Cathryn Tonne, Marina Treskova, Joaquin A Trinanes, Andreas Uppstu, Nicolas Valdes-Ortega, Fabian Wagner, Lydia Walker, Nick Watts, Hannah Whitcombe, Jake T W Williams, Richard Wood, Caradee Y Wright, Peng Xian, Pu Yang, Chi Zhang, Shaohui Zhang, Shihui Zhang, Ying Zhang, Peng Gong, Hugh Montgomery, Anthony Costello

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10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01779-4
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2026-11
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@article{allodium:10.1016/s0140-6736-26-01779-4,
  title = {The 2026 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: a decade of escalating health harms and a decisive moment for all},
  author = {Marina Romanello and Maria Walawender and Jennifer Israelsson and Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan and Fabio Battaglia and Aditi Dutta and Shih-Che Hsu and Papa Orgen and Yasna Palmeiro-Silva and Daniel Scamman and James W Smallcombe and Sabah Abdullah and Nadia Ameli and Thomas R Andrew and Denitsa Angelova and Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson and Joan Ballester and Xavier Basagaña and Sara Basart and Hannah Bechara and Paul J Beggs and Belén Benitez Martinez and Mitchell Black and Wenjia Cai and Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum and Armel Castellan and Patricia Castellanos and Travis Coan and Philomena Colagiuri and Ellen Connorton and Troy J Cross and Carole Dalin and Niheer Dasandi and Shouro Dasgupta and Michael Davies and Matthew Eckelman and Gina Friel and Chris Freyberg and Olga Gasparyan and Joseph Giguere and Georgiana Gordon-Strachan and Ian Hamilton and Yun Hang and Risto Hänninen and Stella Hartinger and Kehan He and Julian Heidecke and Jeremy J Hess and Slava Jankin and Ollie Jay and Victoria Johnson and Evgeny Kadantsev and Dafni Kalatzi-Pantera and Ilan Kelman and Harry Kennard and Gregor Kiesewetter and Patrick Kinney and Dominic Kniveton and Rostislav Kouznetsov and Pete Lampard and Hyunju Lee and Jason K W Lee and Bruno Lemke and Bo Li and Yang Liu and Zhao Liu and Lydia Loh Hwee Teng and Rachel Lowe and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi and Ranadheer Malla and Krishnamoorthy Manohara and Anil Markandya and Greta Martin and Jaime Martinez-Urtaza and Mark Maslin and Will McDowall and Celia McMichael and Zhifu Mi and Carles Milà and James Milner and Kelton Minor and Jan C Minx and Nahid Mohajeri and Natalie C Momen and Maziar Moradi-Lakeh and Karyn Morrissey and Simon Munzert and Lucia M Murgia and Hamid Nejadghorban and Saffron O’Neill and Matthias Otto and Fereidoon Owfi and Frank Pega and Andrew J Pershing and Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes and Dimple Pruthi and Mahnaz Rabbaniha and Tim Repke and Chantelle Rizan and Jorge A Roa-Contreras and Emma Roberts and Elizabeth J Z Robinson and Joacim Rocklöv and David Rojas-Rueda and Jorge Ruiz-Cabrejos and Matilde Rusticucci and Mahnoor Saeed and Renee N Salas and Christian Schweizer and Jan C Semenza and Mohammad Shamsudduha and Jodi D Sherman and Joy Shumake-Guillemot and Pratik Singh and Henrik Sjödin and Matthew R Smith and Mikhail Sofiev and Cecilia Sorensen and Marco Springmann and Jennifer D Stowell and Geoffrey Supran and Meisam Tabatabaei and Federico Tartarini and Jonathon Taylor and Daniel Tong and Cathryn Tonne and Marina Treskova and Joaquin A Trinanes and Andreas Uppstu and Nicolas Valdes-Ortega and Fabian Wagner and Lydia Walker and Nick Watts and Hannah Whitcombe and Jake T W Williams and Richard Wood and Caradee Y Wright and Peng Xian and Pu Yang and Chi Zhang and Shaohui Zhang and Shihui Zhang and Ying Zhang and Peng Gong and Hugh Montgomery and Anthony Costello},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The Lancet},
  doi = {10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01779-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01779-4}
}

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Romanello, M., Walawender, M., Israelsson, J., Hasan, M. M., Battaglia, F., Dutta, A., Hsu, S., Orgen, P., Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Scamman, D., Smallcombe, J. W., Abdullah, S., Ameli, N., Andrew, T. R., Angelova, D., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Ballester, J., Basagaña, X., Basart, S., Bechara, H., Beggs, P. J., Martinez, B. B., Black, M., Cai, W., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Castellan, A., Castellanos, P., Coan, T., Colagiuri, P., Connorton, E., Cross, T. J., Dalin, C., Dasandi, N., Dasgupta, S., Davies, M., Eckelman, M., Friel, G., Freyberg, C., Gasparyan, O., Giguere, J., Gordon-Strachan, G., Hamilton, I., Hang, Y., Hänninen, R., Hartinger, S., He, K., Heidecke, J., Hess, J. J., Jankin, S., Jay, O., Johnson, V., Kadantsev, E., Kalatzi-Pantera, D., Kelman, I., Kennard, H., Kiesewetter, G., Kinney, P., Kniveton, D., Kouznetsov, R., Lampard, P., Lee, H., Lee, J. K. W., Lemke, B., Li, B., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Teng, L. L. H., Lowe, R., Mabhaudhi, T., Malla, R., Manohara, K., Markandya, A., Martin, G., Martinez-Urtaza, J., Maslin, M., McDowall, W., McMichael, C., Mi, Z., Milà, C., Milner, J., Minor, K., Minx, J. C., Mohajeri, N., Momen, N. C., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Morrissey, K., Munzert, S., Murgia, L. M., Nejadghorban, H., O’Neill, S., Otto, M., Owfi, F., Pega, F., Pershing, A. J., Pinho-Gomes, A., Pruthi, D., Rabbaniha, M., Repke, T., Rizan, C., Roa-Contreras, J. A., Roberts, E., Robinson, E. J. Z., Rocklöv, J., Rojas-Rueda, D., Ruiz-Cabrejos, J., Rusticucci, M., Saeed, M., Salas, R. N., Schweizer, C., Semenza, J. C., Shamsudduha, M., Sherman, J. D., Shumake-Guillemot, J., Singh, P., Sjödin, H., Smith, M. R., Sofiev, M., Sorensen, C., Springmann, M., Stowell, J. D., Supran, G., Tabatabaei, M., Tartarini, F., Taylor, J., Tong, D., Tonne, C., Treskova, M., Trinanes, J. A., Uppstu, A., Valdes-Ortega, N., Wagner, F., Walker, L., Watts, N., Whitcombe, H., Williams, J. T. W., Wood, R., Wright, C. Y., Xian, P., Yang, P., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Zhang, S., Zhang, Y., Gong, P., Montgomery, H., & Costello, A. (2026). The 2026 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: a decade of escalating health harms and a decisive moment for all. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01779-4

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