The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

Co-written by F4Hi Director Jess Fanzo

New landmark EAT-Lancet Commission warns food systems breach planetary limits

Analysis outlines pathway to health, equity, and a liveable planet

3 OCTOBER 2025 — The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission today released its Report on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems, presenting the most comprehensive global scientific evaluation of food systems to date. 

Key findings:

• Shifting global diets could prevent up to 15 million premature deaths per year.
• Food systems are the largest contributor to the transgression of five planetary boundaries.
• Food systems currently account for roughly 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions globally. Transforming food systems could cut these emissions by more than half.
• Fewer than 1% of the world’s population is currently in the ‘safe and just space’, where people’s rights and food needs are met within planetary boundaries.
• The wealthiest 30% of people drive more than 70% of food-related environmental impacts. 

Read the report via The Lancet Commissions