The 2025 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: empowering cities for synergistic action

Wenjia Cai; Chi Zhang; Shihui Zhang; Yuqi Bai; Bin Chen; Jifei Chen; Liangliang Cheng; Weicheng Fan; Lianfang Feng; Dabo Guan; Congkai Hong; Yixin Hu; Junyi Hua; Cunrui Huang; Hong Huang; Jianbin Huang; Xiaomeng Huang; John S. Ji; Qiaolei Jiang; Xiaopeng Jiang; Haidong Kan; Jun Kang; Gregor Kiesewetter; Bo Li; Guoao Li; Tiantian Li; Weiyi Liao; Borong Lin; Hualiang Lin; Huan Liu; Qiyong Liu; Xinghan Liu; Yanxiang Liu; Zehua Liu; Zhao Liu; Zhu Liu; Shuhan Lou; Bo Lu; Chenxi Lu; Wei Ma; Zhifu Mi; Yanqing Miao; Guangju Mo; Tim Repke; Chao Ren; Marina Romanello; Jianxiang Shen; Jing Su; Rui Su; Yuze Sun; Xu Tang; Maria Walawender; Can Wang; Hui Wang; Qing Wang; Qiong Wang; Yongyue Wang; Wangyu Wei; Sanmei Wen; Hui Xiong; Bing Xu; Xiu Yang; Yuren Yang; Fanghong Yao; Mingjun Yin; Le Yu; Zhaowu Yu; Jing Zhang; Rui Zhang; Shangchen Zhang; Shaohui Zhang; Zhenyu Zhang; Mengzhen Zhao; Qiang Zhao; Dashan Zheng; Hao Zhou; Jingbo Zhou; Yuye Zhou; Yong Luo; Peng Gong

doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00230-0

The 2025 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: empowering cities for synergistic action

Wenjia Cai
, Chi Zhang
, Shihui Zhang
, Yuqi Bai
, Bin Chen
, Jifei Chen
, Liangliang Cheng
, Weicheng Fan
, Lianfang Feng
, Dabo Guan
, Congkai Hong
, Yixin Hu
, Junyi Hua
, Cunrui Huang
, Hong Huang
, Jianbin Huang
, Xiaomeng Huang
, John S. Ji
, Qiaolei Jiang
, Xiaopeng Jiang

Haidong Kan, Jun Kang, Gregor Kiesewetter, Bo Li, Guoao Li, Tiantian Li, Weiyi Liao, Borong Lin, Hualiang Lin, Huan Liu, Qiyong Liu, Xinghan Liu, Yanxiang Liu, Zehua Liu, Zhao Liu, Zhu Liu, Shuhan Lou, Bo Lu, Chenxi Lu, Wei Ma, Zhifu Mi, Yanqing Miao, Guangju Mo, Tim Repke, Chao Ren, Marina Romanello, Jianxiang Shen, Jing Su, Rui Su, Yuze Sun, Xu Tang, Maria Walawender, Can Wang, Hui Wang, Qing Wang, Qiong Wang, Yongyue Wang, Wangyu Wei, Sanmei Wen, Hui Xiong, Bing Xu, Xiu Yang, Yuren Yang, Fanghong Yao, Mingjun Yin, Le Yu, Zhaowu Yu, Jing Zhang, Rui Zhang, Shangchen Zhang, Shaohui Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang, Mengzhen Zhao, Qiang Zhao, Dashan Zheng, Hao Zhou, Jingbo Zhou, Yuye Zhou, Yong Luo, Peng Gong^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e1066-e1085
Journal	The Lancet Public Health
Volume	10
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00230-0
Publication status	Published - Dec 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Bai, Y., Chen, B., Chen, J., Cheng, L., Fan, W., Feng, L., Guan, D., Hong, C., Hu, Y., Hua, J., Huang, C., Huang, H., Huang, J., Huang, X., Ji, J. S., Jiang, Q., ... Gong, P. (2025). The 2025 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: empowering cities for synergistic action. The Lancet Public Health, 10(12), e1066-e1085. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00230-0

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