Jacqueline Tereza da Silva, Valentin Guye, Aline Martins de Carvalho, Andrea Garcia, Federico Cammelli, Dominic Moran, Rafael de Oliveira Silva, Erasmus Zu Ermgassen
{"title":"Deforestation and retail prices of Brazilian beef: a preregistered product-level econometric analysis.","authors":"Jacqueline Tereza da Silva, Valentin Guye, Aline Martins de Carvalho, Andrea Garcia, Federico Cammelli, Dominic Moran, Rafael de Oliveira Silva, Erasmus Zu Ermgassen","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cattle ranching is the leading proximate driver of deforestation in Brazil. Efforts to eradicate deforestation could incur a trade-off between forest conservation and agricultural production, as conservation constrains the supply of new agricultural land and requires investments in traceability and improved agricultural production, potentially negatively affecting consumer welfare through increased retail prices. We estimated the effect of deforestation on consumer prices using supply chain data for 2980 beef products in Brazil.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We investigated the effect of deforestation on retail prices using a regression model with neighbourhood fixed effects and covariates, including sanitary inspection level, product type, distance from meatpacker to retail store, supply chain monitoring, and retail store size. The model was informed by a directed acyclic graph and the analysis plan was preregistered.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>We found no evidence that deforestation rates in regions where beef products were sourced affected retail price (R$-1·26/kg, 95% CI -2·66 to 0·13 [US$0·26/kg, 0·515 to 0·025]). Similarly, the implementation of sustainable procurement criteria by meatpackers did not affect prices (R$-1·71/kg, -4·00 to 0·57 [US$0·33/kg, -0·78 to 0·11]). The main predictors of price were product type, sanitary inspection, and supply chain length.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Beef products with varying deforestation footprints appeared to be marketed through similar supply chains and priced similarly to consumers. This lack of transparency along the supply chain creates a market failure and weakens incentives for sustainable production.</p><p><strong>Funding: </strong>Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative; Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique; European Research Council.</p>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":" ","pages":"101525"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special Economic Zones, Casinos and the Threat of Zoonotic Diseases.","authors":"Georgina Kenyon","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101533","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":" ","pages":"101533"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148892369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scott Jc Pallett, Louise D Emmerson, Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano, Matthew Cavuto, Luke Sp Moore, Lynette Phee
{"title":"Enhancing remote biosecurity assessment capacity through cloud-based sequencing in Antarctica.","authors":"Scott Jc Pallett, Louise D Emmerson, Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano, Matthew Cavuto, Luke Sp Moore, Lynette Phee","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101523","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":" ","pages":"101523"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148851362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alimuddin Zumla, Francine Ntoumi, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean B Nachega
{"title":"Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: moving from outbreak response to planetary health preparedness.","authors":"Alimuddin Zumla, Francine Ntoumi, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean B Nachega","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":" ","pages":"101508"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development, implementation, and evaluation of a Planetary Health menu in a Canadian hospital: an experimental study","authors":"Annie Lalande PhD, Elaine Eppler RD, Tiffany Chiang RD, Liena Pow RD, Yvonne Deng MD, Neha Gadhari PhD, Jiaying Zhao PhD, Andrea J MacNeill MD","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101483","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Widespread adoption of plant-rich diets, such as the EAT–<em>Lancet</em> Planetary Health Diet (PHD), could mitigate climate change while providing health and societal benefits. In this study, we develop and implement a plant-rich menu for hospital inpatients, meeting the nutritional needs and constraints of an acute care setting, and we evaluate this menu’s acceptability to patients.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A Planetary Health (PH) menu was created by replacing greenhouse gas emission-intensive dishes with novel, low-emission dishes at lunch and dinner times. The PH menu was compared with the original hospital menu based on protein characteristics, nutritional adequacy, alignment with the PHD, and environmental impacts. The PH menu was then offered hospital-wide, and its acceptability was evaluated based on service frequency, patient satisfaction, and food waste.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>18 novel dishes were integrated into a PH menu that was nutritionally adequate and more culturally diverse than the original menu. The proportion of lunch and dinner offerings containing exclusively plant-sourced foods increased from zero in the original menu to 11 (39%) of 28 dishes. The PH menu was associated with 39% lower greenhouse gas emissions (mean, from 4·82 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent to 2·93 kg CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent) and a 51% reduction in land use (mean, from 10·42 m<sup>2</sup> to 5·19 m<sup>2</sup>). The PH menu improved the alignment with the PHD by 32% (score, from 61·2 points to 81·0 points). On average, novel dishes were served to 443 (SD 66, 67%) of 661 hospitalised patients, with 84% of patients reporting moderate to high satisfaction. Waste rates for fish, soy, and pulses used in novel dishes were significantly lower than those used in original dishes containing these proteins.</div></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><div>Plant-rich diets can be adapted to an inpatient health-care setting to meet patient preferences and nutritional requirements while achieving considerable environmental benefits.</div></div><div><h3>Funding</h3><div>Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute grant.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"10 8","pages":"Article 101483"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148833314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet Planetary HealthPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101519
Yongye Jiang MSc, Bo Fu PhD, Prof Philippe Ciais PhD, Jonas Jägermeyr PhD, Christoph Müller PhD, Xinhao Suo PhD, Guolong Chen MSc, Yuqin Lai BSc, Yang Ou PhD, Xuhui Wang PhD, Guofeng Shen PhD, Prof Bengang Li PhD
{"title":"Impacts of climate-driven yield changes on the affordability of healthy diets: a modelling study","authors":"Yongye Jiang MSc, Bo Fu PhD, Prof Philippe Ciais PhD, Jonas Jägermeyr PhD, Christoph Müller PhD, Xinhao Suo PhD, Guolong Chen MSc, Yuqin Lai BSc, Yang Ou PhD, Xuhui Wang PhD, Guofeng Shen PhD, Prof Bengang Li PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101519","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101519","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Food security is central to global nutrition improvement and public health goals, and healthy diets represent a higher-level aspiration beyond merely avoiding hunger. Climate change poses an increasing threat to food systems by affecting crop yields and food prices. Although climate change-driven risks to hunger have been widely studied, the extent to which climate change undermines the affordability of healthy diets while accounting for socioeconomic responses and regional inequalities remains insufficiently understood. This study aimed to quantify the effects of climate change on the future affordability of healthy diets under alternative socioeconomic and climate scenarios.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We developed an integrated modelling framework that explicitly couples multimodel crop-yield projections with an integrated assessment model (Global Change Analysis Model [GCAM]). Yield responses from six global gridded crop models driven by four climate models were integrated into GCAM, allowing endogenous socioeconomic adjustments such as land-use shifts, production reallocation, and price responses to emerge under shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs). Diet affordability was then assessed using the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN’s Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet framework across three socioeconomic–climate scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, and SSP3-6.0).</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>Under a high-emissions pathway (ie, SSP3-6.0), climate change was projected to render healthy diets unaffordable for a model-mean of 119 million people globally by 2100, even when CO<sub>2</sub> fertilisation effects are included, with the upper end of the model ensemble reaching about 1·6 billion people. In contrast, climate-induced affordability losses were found to be negligible under both a low-emissions pathway (ie, SSP1-2.6; −0·3 million) and a medium-emission pathway (SSP2-4.5; +0·2 million). Under a high-emission pathway, model-mean projections indicated that diet costs could increase by up to 12% in the most affected regions by the end of the century. Under medium emissions, cost increases were projected to remain below 4%, whereas under low emissions, affordability changes were projected to be minimum across regions (within approximately 0·5%). Substantial regional disparities emerged, with the largest and most consistent affordability losses concentrated in low-income regions that contributed least to historical greenhouse gas emissions. Under SSP3-6.0, these disparities persisted particularly in regions of Africa and Asia despite projected three-to-five-fold increases in income over the century, with climate-induced disruptions to food systems increasing the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet through mid-century.</div></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><div>Climate change is likely to exacerbate global nutritional inequalities by disproportionately increasing the affordability","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"10 8","pages":"Article 101519"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148875705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet Planetary HealthPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101521
Lisa I Couper PhD, David J X González PhD, Simon K Camponuri PhD, Amanda K Weaver PhD, Gail L Sondermeyer Cooksey MPH, Duc Vugia MD, Seema Jain MD, Prof John Taylor PhD, Prof John Balmes PhD, Prof Ellen A Eisen PhD, Prof Justin V Remais PhD, Jennifer R Head PhD
{"title":"Oil and gas well development and coccidioidomycosis risk in Kern County, CA, USA: a case-crossover study","authors":"Lisa I Couper PhD, David J X González PhD, Simon K Camponuri PhD, Amanda K Weaver PhD, Gail L Sondermeyer Cooksey MPH, Duc Vugia MD, Seema Jain MD, Prof John Taylor PhD, Prof John Balmes PhD, Prof Ellen A Eisen PhD, Prof Justin V Remais PhD, Jennifer R Head PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101521","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101521","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Coccidioidomycosis is an emerging fungal disease caused by inhaling <em>Coccidioides</em> spp spores. As spores reside in soil, activities that disturb soil and generate dust can aerosolise and transport the pathogen. The oil and gas industry has been extensively developed in some regions that are endemic for <em>Coccidioides</em> spp and has been associated with dust emissions. Although several adverse health outcomes have previously been associated with oil and gas development, its impact on coccidioidomycosis risk has not been investigated. We aimed to estimate the association between exposure to oil and gas well development (ie, wells in preproduction) and risk of coccidioidomycosis among residents living near new wells.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this case-crossover study, we obtained information on reported coccidioidomycosis cases and oil and gas well development between 2007 and 2022 in Kern County, CA, USA. We then compared exposure to preproduction wells within 5 km of each individual’s place of residence during both hazard (ie, the 49–139 days before case onset) and control periods using conditional logistic regression.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>During the study period, 658 108 (72·4%) of 909 282 of Kern County residents lived within 5 km of at least one preproduction well, and 116 020 (12·8%) lived within 5 km of 23 or more preproduction wells within a single 90-day period. We estimated that the odds of coccidiomycosis incidence were 12·5% (95% CI 5·8–19·6) higher in the 90 days following exposure to at least one preproduction well within 5 km of an individual’s place of residence and that the odds of infection increased by 0·7% (0·4–0·9) for each additional preproduction well developed within this distance.</div></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><div>These findings support a previously-unrecognised association between the development of oil and gas wells and transmission of coccidioidomycosis, potentially driven by dust generation. Given the prevalence of oil and gas development in the study region, its impact on coccidioidomycosis incidence might be large.</div></div><div><h3>Funding</h3><div>National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"10 8","pages":"Article 101521"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148875775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet Planetary HealthPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-09-15DOI: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101509
John S Ji, Yibin Zhu, Yanhui Jia, Haifeng Jia, Gong Cheng
{"title":"Urban green spaces: balancing benefits with risks from vector-borne diseases, pesticide exposure, and allergies","authors":"John S Ji, Yibin Zhu, Yanhui Jia, Haifeng Jia, Gong Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101509","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101509","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"10 8","pages":"Article 101509"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148978489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet Planetary HealthPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-08-20DOI: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101528
Cahal McQuillan
{"title":"Planetary Health Research Digest","authors":"Cahal McQuillan","doi":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101528","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101528","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"10 8","pages":"Article 101528"},"PeriodicalIF":20.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148799804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}