Marco Springmann
Dr. Marco Springmann is a senior researcher at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford and a professorial research fellow at the Institute for Global Health at University College London. He is one of the authors of the influential Eat-Lancet Commission report, which proposed a planetary health diet aimed at addressing global food security and climate change. Following the report's release, he faced significant backlash and personal attacks, which impacted his academic career and research activities.
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Dr Marco Springmann from UCL in the UK is an author of the report discussing dietary differences across income levels.
‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds | Food
United Kingdom· 2025-10-03
Dr Marco Springmann faced serious burnout after the media storm that went on for a year after the publication of the Eat-Lancet report.
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows | FoodUnited Kingdom· 2025-04-11
