Nutritional Diseases Food Systems

Quantifying the environmental human health burden of food demand in Spain: A life cycle assessment study. Science Direct.

A groundbreaking study conducted in Spain has, for the first time, quantified the health damages resulting from the environmental impacts of our food consumption under the Planetary Health approach. The findings indicate that the consumption of meat, fish, seafood, and dairy products contributes to 55% of the overall health damage.

November 1, 2025 • Research & Reports

Fresán, U. et al.

Climate Change Food Systems

The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems. The Lancet.

The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems presents new evidence-based insights on nutrition and human health, within safe and just planetary boundaries. New to this Commission are updates to the planetary health diet, measurement of the impact food systems have on passing safe planetary boundaries, an exploration of food justice, and action-based recommendations and roadmaps.

October 2, 2025 • Foundational Documents, Research & Reports

Rockström, J., Thilsted, S.H., Willett, W.C., et al.

Noncommunicable Diseases Climate Change

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of environmental heat exposure on cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes mellitus in low- & middle-income countries. Environmental Research.

October 1, 2025 • Research & Reports

Siddiqui, S.A., Thiam, S., Houndodjade, C., et al.

Education Governance and Policy

How to Write a Policy Brief for Planetary Health Action

October, 2025 • Tools

Cole, J., Aimone, A., and Ajala, O.

Biodiversity Loss Chemical Pollution

Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance. Nature.

Fanning and Raworth re-imagine the doughnut-shaped framework of social and planetary boundaries (the ‘Doughnut’) in this article. They assess progress towards the goal of meeting the needs of all people within the means of the living planet with a revised set of 35 indicators that monitor trends in social deprivation and ecological overshoot over the 2000–2022 period.

October 1, 2025 • Research & Reports

Fanning, A.L. and Raworth, K.