Lancet Series on 'Environment, Agriculture, Food and Health (360G-Wellcome-210794_Z_18_Z)

We have been invited by the Lancet to write a new series of articles that will draw on a critical and under-researched area of planetary health, namely the interactions between the environment, food systems and population health. The series will draw on some of our existing interdisciplinary WT-funded research and also expand with new partnerships into issues of infectious disease and equity. The cross-sectoral policy opportunities that emerge from the novel analysis will be drawn out and engagement activities are planned to maximise the impact of the series. Following meetings with the Lancet we have identified five papers for the series: Problem statement: outlining the critical interplay between the environment, agriculture, food and health. Scenario analysis: novel analysis of possible future agriculture and food scenarios under environmental change with a particular focus on non-communicable disease. Expanding the focus: including agriculture-related infectious disease outcomes and how these might be affected under environmental change. Inequality: taking a specific equity lens to the debate with a focus on LMICs. Solutions: identifying potential cross-sectoral policy options to safeguard human and planetary health. The series is due in late-2018.