2024 SIDS Report: Out now!
The first report of the Lancet Countdown Small Island Developing States
Read the full report now; the first comprehensive assessment of the links between health and climate change in SIDS.
Meet our team
Meet the team behind the Lancet Countdown in Small Island Developing States
Hailing from the Pacific, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Europe, the Americas, Oceania, and Asia.
What does the Lancet Countdown do in SIDS?
We work to ensure that health is at the centre of how decision makers understand and respond to climate change in Small Island Developing States. Through high-quality scientific data, we work to inform policies that can maximise the health benefits of climate action, and enable a world in which all populations can thrive.
What is the Lancet Countdown’s history?
The 2015 Lancet Commission concluded that ‘tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century’. In 2016 the Lancet Countdown was formed to provide a global academic collaboration with the ability to track and monitor progress on health and climate change, and engage policymakers and health professionals in maximising this opportunity. The SIDS centre launched in 2022 to pursue these objectives at a regional level.
Who contributes to the Lancet Countdown?
More than 20 health professionals, scientists, and researches contribute to the Lancet Countdown in SIDS. The collaboration brings together world-class experts from a range of disciplines, including health and epidemiology, climate science, engineering, agriculture, transport, economics, and social and political sciences.
Our Regional Centres
The Lancet Countdown is made up of individuals and organisations from all over the world, that are committed to changing the way we think about climate change and health. Our Regional Centres in Asia, Europe, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Latin America expand on our global data monitoring and analysis, looking at the local and national implications on public health.
and Events
Director, Lancet Countdown Small Island Developing States
“We are facing a crisis on top of a crisis. People living in poorer countries, who are often least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, are bearing the brunt of the health impacts, but are least able to access funding and technical capacity to adapt to the deadly storms, rising seas, and crop-withering droughts worsened by global heating.”
