Nicole Redvers DPhil , Josh Chan BMSc , Siwakorn Odochao MA , Victoria Pratt BA , Jessica Sim MA , Samrawit Gougsa MSc , Daniel M Kobei MBA , Liz Willetts MMSc
{"title":"Carbon markets: a new form of colonialism for Indigenous Peoples?","authors":"Nicole Redvers DPhil , Josh Chan BMSc , Siwakorn Odochao MA , Victoria Pratt BA , Jessica Sim MA , Samrawit Gougsa MSc , Daniel M Kobei MBA , Liz Willetts MMSc","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00086-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00086-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The interconnected and compounding climate change and biodiversity crises have led to increased urgency in moving towards transformational change within how national and international sustainability efforts are viewed and operationalised. Despite the known benefit of carbon markets as part of these sustainability efforts, there has been increasing scrutiny of carbon market mechanisms, with warranted distrust present at the community level. Indigenous Peoples are key stewards of biodiverse landscapes, yet their exclusion within carbon market decision making is ongoing. With this exclusion, outstanding questions remain on the placement of Indigenous Peoples within current carbon market design and decision making and their roles have yet to be fully appreciated in wider policy and practice. Platformed on substantial inequities, marginalisation, and racism, we therefore query in this Personal View, are carbon markets a new form of colonialism? We further reflect on the challenges and the potential opportunities of carbon markets for Indigenous Peoples and anchor our reflections with examples from different regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 5","pages":"Pages e421-e430"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947853","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}
Prof Cathryn Tonne ScD , Stefan Sieber PhD , Faidra Filippidou PhD , Ioannis Tsiropoulos PhD , Vasiliki Petropoulou MSc , Gregor Kiesewetter PhD , Zbigniew Klimont MSc , Lena Höglund-Isaksson PhD , Peter Witzke PhD , Prof Marco Springmann PhD , Andrea Pozzer PhD , Prof Jos Lelieveld PhD , Prof Ian Hamilton PhD , Shih-Che Hsu PhD , Prof Mark Nieuwenhuijsen PhD , Daniel Velázquez-Cortés MGH , Matilda van den Bosch PhD , Ilija Sazdovski MSc , Marta Santamaria MSc , Francesca de'Donato PhD , Prof Niheer Dasandi PhD
{"title":"Promoting health through climate change mitigation in Europe","authors":"Prof Cathryn Tonne ScD , Stefan Sieber PhD , Faidra Filippidou PhD , Ioannis Tsiropoulos PhD , Vasiliki Petropoulou MSc , Gregor Kiesewetter PhD , Zbigniew Klimont MSc , Lena Höglund-Isaksson PhD , Peter Witzke PhD , Prof Marco Springmann PhD , Andrea Pozzer PhD , Prof Jos Lelieveld PhD , Prof Ian Hamilton PhD , Shih-Che Hsu PhD , Prof Mark Nieuwenhuijsen PhD , Daniel Velázquez-Cortés MGH , Matilda van den Bosch PhD , Ilija Sazdovski MSc , Marta Santamaria MSc , Francesca de'Donato PhD , Prof Niheer Dasandi PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00085-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00085-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Several EU climate change mitigation policies have the potential to deliver health co-benefits. However, existing frameworks guiding research in this area lack important details that are needed to understand how evidence of health co-benefits can be used to support the ambition and acceptability of EU climate policy. In this Personal View, we propose an integrated framework for advancing the state-of-the-science on health co-benefits of climate change mitigation and realising the societal effect of evidence documenting co-benefits. We apply this framework to the EU context. Our framework spans multiple economic sectors—including land use, land-use change, and forestry and health systems—and provides details on the different types of mitigation actions, levers of change, and societal actors with the agency to implement specific mitigation actions. This framework aims to inform future research on the magnitude of health co-benefits of climate change mitigation, and provide strategies to communicate health co-benefits to support increases in mitigation ambition and societal acceptance of mitigation actions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 5","pages":"Pages e431-e441"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947854","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}
Prof Kristie L Ebi PhD , Jeremy J Hess MD , Rupert F Stuart-Smith DPhil , Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera PhD , Alistair Woodward MMedSci , Andy Haines FMed Sci
{"title":"Considerations for improving the relevance, use, and robustness of projections of the health risks of climate change","authors":"Prof Kristie L Ebi PhD , Jeremy J Hess MD , Rupert F Stuart-Smith DPhil , Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera PhD , Alistair Woodward MMedSci , Andy Haines FMed Sci","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00089-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00089-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The increased interest and investment in climate change and health research and policy should be a turning point for providing policy-relevant projections of how changing weather patterns and climate trends could alter the magnitude and distribution of climate-sensitive health outcomes. Decision makers recognise that future health burdens result from interactions between exposure, sensitivity, and the capacity to adapt. Fit-for-purpose projections to inform climate risk management should be based on a range of scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions and socioeconomic development. The relevance, use, and robustness of projections would be improved by addressing the considerations outlined here.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 5","pages":"Pages e442-e447"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143946897","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}
Laura E Downey , Haryani Saptaningas , Maroof Khan , Maarinke van der Meulen , Claudia Batz , Mere Naulumatua , Maria Nillsson , Linh Thùy Nguyên , Nanoot Mathurapote , Tanja Kuchenmueller , Amanda Shriwise , Göran Tomson
{"title":"Power to the people: towards greater social participation in planetary health","authors":"Laura E Downey , Haryani Saptaningas , Maroof Khan , Maarinke van der Meulen , Claudia Batz , Mere Naulumatua , Maria Nillsson , Linh Thùy Nguyên , Nanoot Mathurapote , Tanja Kuchenmueller , Amanda Shriwise , Göran Tomson","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00078-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00078-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 5","pages":"Pages e348-e349"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947827","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}
Sergey Timonin PhD , Natalia Shartova PhD , Bo Wen MSc , Yao Wu MSc , Evgeny Andreev PhD , Prof Yuming Guo PhD , Joan Ballester PhD
{"title":"The differential effect of ambient temperature on age-specific and sex-specific mortality in the 300 largest cities of Russia, 2000–19: a first national time-series study","authors":"Sergey Timonin PhD , Natalia Shartova PhD , Bo Wen MSc , Yao Wu MSc , Evgeny Andreev PhD , Prof Yuming Guo PhD , Joan Ballester PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00084-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00084-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Despite a substantial body of evidence on the association between ambient temperature and mortality worldwide, there has not yet been a comprehensive country-wide assessment of the health effects of temperature in Russia. Moreover, there is no consensus on the effect of non-optimal temperatures on age-specific and sex-specific mortality. Our study aimed to provide the first analysis of temperature-related mortality in a large assembly of cities located in different geographical and socioeconomic zones of Russia.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analysed 19 044 538 non-accidental deaths in the 300 most populated cities in Russia between 2000 and 2019. A two-stage analysis strategy was used. First, a quasi-Poisson time-series model with distributed lag non-linear model was fitted to estimate city-specific associations. Second, these associations were pooled with multivariate multilevel meta-regression, from which we also calculated temperature-attributable mortality.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>Relative risks were generally higher for cold than for heat, except for cities in southern European Russia. Cold had a similar effect in both sexes, with a varying age gradient across cities. Although the effect of heat was generally stronger in women than in men, with the relative risk increasing steadily with age in both sexes, men younger than 60 years had a significantly higher risk of dying from heat than women of the same age. With a total of 106 007 (95% empirical CI [eCI]: 88 942–121 318) temperature-attributable deaths, there was a higher mortality attributable fraction for cold (10·74%, 95% eCI 8·80–11·99) than for heat (0·67%, 0·42–0·88).</div></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><div>Russia has a high temperature-related mortality burden, with large differences in risk between cities and subpopulations. This information should be taken into account when planning public health interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Funding</h3><div>European Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council, and Australian Research Council.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 5","pages":"Pages e410-e420"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143947852","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}
Robin Daelemans PhD , Paulien Verscheure MSc , Thomas Rombouts MSc , Sien Keysers MSc , Arne Devriese MSc , Gerrit Peeters MSc , Lieve Coorevits BSc , Glynis Frans PhD , Laura Van Gerven PhD , Nicolas Bruffaerts PhD , Prof Olivier Honnay PhD , Tobias Ceulemans PhD , Raf Aerts PhD , Prof Rik Schrijvers PhD
{"title":"The impact of ecosystem nitrogen enrichment on pollen allergy: a cross-sectional paired comparison study","authors":"Robin Daelemans PhD , Paulien Verscheure MSc , Thomas Rombouts MSc , Sien Keysers MSc , Arne Devriese MSc , Gerrit Peeters MSc , Lieve Coorevits BSc , Glynis Frans PhD , Laura Van Gerven PhD , Nicolas Bruffaerts PhD , Prof Olivier Honnay PhD , Tobias Ceulemans PhD , Raf Aerts PhD , Prof Rik Schrijvers PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00060-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00060-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The prevalence of allergy to aeroallergens is rising, driven by both environmental and lifestyle changes. However, the role of ubiquitous nitrogen enrichment in exacerbating pollen allergy remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the impact of nitrogen on pollen allergenicity by connecting the resulting ecological changes with allergic outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a cross-sectional paired comparison study, examining differences between nitrogen-enriched (fertilised) and non-enriched common semi-natural grasslands in Belgium. Pollen from paired grasslands (n=50, enriched [n=25] <em>vs</em> non-enriched [n=25]) based on their common geography, were sampled following a standardised protocol. We analysed grassland pollen abundance, quantified pollen species composition via DNA sequencing, and assessed pollen allergenicity using basophil activation testing and specific IgE measurements in a cross-sectional sample of adults who were allergic to grass pollen (n=20). Basophil activation test outcome measures included area under the dose–response curve, maximal reactivity (CD63<sub><em>max</em></sub>), and effective concentration eliciting 50% basophil activation.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>Nitrogen-enriched grasslands produced significantly more pollen, with a 6·2-fold increase compared with their unfertilised counterparts (3·6 mg/m<sup>2</sup> <em>vs</em> 0·6 mg/m<sup>2</sup>). When normalised to protein content, pollen from these enriched grasslands showed increased allergenic potential, with 5·1 times higher basophil activation test sensitivity and a 1·3-fold increase in specific IgE titres compared with their unfertilised counterparts (geometric mean fertilised 3·63 kU<sub><em>A</em></sub>/L <em>vs</em> unfertilised 2·81 kU<sub><em>A</em></sub>/L).</div></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><div>Nitrogen enrichment substantially increased pollen abundance and allergenicity, indicating a heightened allergy burden in nitrogen-rich environments. These findings underscore the need for policies addressing nitrogen pollution to mitigate its public health impacts.</div></div><div><h3>Funding</h3><div>Belgian Science Policy Office.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 4","pages":"Pages e294-e303"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839683","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}