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About us
Who we are
Climate change is a public health issue. The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change brings together 35 leading universities and UN agencies from across the globe to track the world’s response, and the benefits this brings for our health.
Our Work
Climate Change threatens to undermine the last 50 years of gains in public health, intensifying heatwaves and extreme weather events, worsening flood and drought, altering the spread of infectious diseases, and exacerbating poverty and mental ill-health. Crucially, the response to climate change brings immense benefits for human health, with cleaner air, healthier diets, and more liveable cities.
The Lancet Countdown exists to monitor this transition from threat to opportunity. We are a collaboration of over 120 leading experts from academic institutions and UN agencies across the globe, bringing together climate scientists, engineers, energy specialists, economists, political scientists, public health professionals and doctors.
Each year our findings are published annually in medical journal The Lancet ahead of the UN climate change negotiations. Our data makes clear how climate change is affecting our health, the consequences of delayed action and the health benefits of a robust response.
