The 2026 Europe report of the LancetCountdown on health and climate change: narrowing window for decisive health action
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This third iteration of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change in Europe report systematically tracks the health effects of climate change adaptation and mitigation action, economics and finance, and the engagement of various societal actors with the climate change and health nexus, drawing on data up to 2025. The report features seven new indicators, methodological updates, extended time series for existing indicators, and highlights inequalities in health risks and impacts where possible.
The following indicators in the report were authored by Shouro Dasgupta and Elizabeth Robinson:
1.5.1: Food insecurity
4.1.1: Temperature and change in labour supply
4.1.2: Impact of heat on economic activity
Hedi K Kriit, José Chen-Xu, Jan C Semenza, Hannah Heiliger, Anil Markandya, Niheer Dasandi, Slava Jankin, Kim R van Daalen, Hicham Achebak, Anna Alari, Tilly Alcayna, Emily Ball, Joan Ballester, Hannah Bechara, Max W Callaghan, Monique van Cauwenberghe, Gina E C Charnley, Orin Courtenay, Marta Cirach, Paulina Garcia-Corral, Troy J Cross, Shouro Dasgupta, Zachary P Dickson, Matthew J Eckelman, Cornelius Erfort, Peter Fransson, Zia Farooq, Olga Gasparyan, Ian Hamilton, Marlies Hesselman, Risto Hänninen, Shih-Che Hsu, Tomáš Janoš, Harshavardhan Jatkar, Ollie Jay, Harry Kennard, Kajal Khanna, Gregor Kiesewetter, Rachel Lowe, Daniela Lührsen, Carla Maia, Jaime Martinez-Urtaza, Jan C Minx, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Julia Palamarchuk, Adria San José Plana, Tim Repke, Jorge A Roa-Contreras, Elizabeth J Z Robinson, Daniel Scamman, Natalia Shartova, Jodi D Sherman, Elena Sirotkina, Pratik Singh, Mikhail Sofiev, Marco Springmann, Lara Stucki, Federico Tartarini, Joaquin Triñanes, Maria Walawender, Marina Romanello, Josep M Antó, Maria Nilsson, Cathryn Tonne, Joacim Rocklöv, The 2026 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: narrowing window for decisive health action, The Lancet Public Health, 2026, ISSN 2468-2667, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(26)00025-3.