The 2025 Lancet Countdown Latin America report: moving from promises to equitable climate action for a prosperous future

Stella M. Hartinger; Yasna Palmeiro-Silva; Camila Llerena-Cayo; Rayana Santos Araujo Palharini; Christian García-Witulski; Maria Fernanda Salas; Nicolas Valdés-Ortega; Avriel Diaz; Luis E. Escobar; Carolina Gil Posse; Juliana Helo Sarmiento; Andres G. Lescano; Oscar Melo; Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio; David Rojas-Rueda; Tatiana Souza de Camargo; Bruno Takahashi; Luciana Blanco-Villafuerte; Nicolas Borchers-Arriagada; Marcia Chame; Francisco Chesini; Carole Dalin; Francisco Estrada; Marcelo Firpo Porto; Renata Gracie; Nelson Gouveia; Magali Hurtado-Díaz; Harry Kennard; Eliane Lima e Silva; Aline Martins de Carvalho; Zaray Miranda-Chacon; Nahid Mohajeri; Rômulo Paes-Sousa; Chrissie Pantoja; Tim Repke; Luiza Ribeiro Alves Cunha; Antonella Risso; Matilde Rusticucci; Alejandro Saez Reale; Raquel Santiago; Mauricio Santos-Vega; Enzo Sauma; Sol Saliva; Milena Sergeeva; Cecilia Sorensen; Juan D. Umaña; Armando Valdés-Velásquez; Maria Walawender; Juliana W. Rulli Villardi; Daniel Buss; Marina Romanello

doi:10.1016/j.lana.2025.101276

The 2025 Lancet Countdown Latin America report: moving from promises to equitable climate action for a prosperous future

Stella M. Hartinger
, Yasna Palmeiro-Silva
, Camila Llerena-Cayo
, Rayana Santos Araujo Palharini
, Christian García-Witulski
, Maria Fernanda Salas
, Nicolas Valdés-Ortega
, Avriel Diaz
, Luis E. Escobar
, Carolina Gil Posse
, Juliana Helo Sarmiento
, Andres G. Lescano
, Oscar Melo
, Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio
, David Rojas-Rueda
, Tatiana Souza de Camargo
, Bruno Takahashi
, Luciana Blanco-Villafuerte
, Nicolas Borchers-Arriagada
, Marcia Chame

Francisco Chesini, Carole Dalin, Francisco Estrada, Marcelo Firpo Porto, Renata Gracie, Nelson Gouveia, Magali Hurtado-Díaz, Harry Kennard, Eliane Lima e Silva, Aline Martins de Carvalho, Zaray Miranda-Chacon, Nahid Mohajeri, Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Chrissie Pantoja, Tim Repke, Luiza Ribeiro Alves Cunha, Antonella Risso, Matilde Rusticucci, Alejandro Saez Reale, Raquel Santiago, Mauricio Santos-Vega, Enzo Sauma, Sol Saliva, Milena Sergeeva, Cecilia Sorensen, Juan D. Umaña, Armando Valdés-Velásquez, Maria Walawender, Juliana W. Rulli Villardi, Daniel Buss, Marina Romanello

University College London
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
University of Padova
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE)
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
National University of San Martin
Universidad de los Andes
Colorado School of Public Health
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Michigan State University
Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
CONICET
UNAM
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
University of São Paulo
National Institute of Public Health
University of Texas at Austin
BrasÃlia University
University of Costa Rica
University College London
Duke University
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
World Meteorological Organization
Federal University of Goiás
Columbia University
Pan American Health Organization

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Original language	English
Article number	101276
Journal	The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
Volume	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.101276
State	Published - Dec 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Adaptation
Climate change and health
Economic and finance
Latin America
Mitigation and health co-benefits
Public engagement

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Hartinger, S. M., Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Llerena-Cayo, C., Araujo Palharini, R. S., García-Witulski, C., Salas, M. F., Valdés-Ortega, N., Diaz, A., Escobar, L. E., Posse, C. G., Sarmiento, J. H., Lescano, A. G., Melo, O., Pinilla-Roncancio, M., Rojas-Rueda, D., Souza de Camargo, T., Takahashi, B., Blanco-Villafuerte, L., Borchers-Arriagada, N., ... Romanello, M. (2025). The 2025 Lancet Countdown Latin America report: moving from promises to equitable climate action for a prosperous future. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 52, Article 101276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.101276

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