Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

Executive Summary The Lancet Countdown is an international, multidisciplinary
collaboration, dedicated to monitoring the evolving health profile of climate change, and …

Crop yields are projected to decrease under future climate conditions, and recent research
suggests that yields have already been impacted. However, current impacts on a diversity of …

Understanding the causes of economic inequality is critical for achieving equitable
economic development. To investigate whether global warming has affected the recent …

Climate change confronts the health care sector with a dual challenge. Accumulating climate
impacts are putting an increased burden on the service provision of already stressed health …

About 800 million people depend in part on meltwater from the thousands of glaciers in the
high mountains of Asia. Water stress makes this region vulnerable to drought, but glaciers …

Extreme climatic events have recently impacted marine ecosystems around the world,
including foundation species such as corals and kelps. Here, we describe the rapid climate …

Drought-related disasters are among the natural disasters that are able to cause large
economic and social losses. In recent years, droughts have affected different regions of …

Abstract The term Blue Carbon (BC) was first coined a decade ago to describe the
disproportionately large contribution of coastal vegetated ecosystems to global carbon …

With an expected 9 billion people by 2050 and average income on the rise in the developing
world, meeting future food demand will be a challenge. Climate change, urbanisation and …