Episode 38: Potsdam Institute for Climate Research Professor Hermann Lotze-Campen - What Is the Planetary Health Diet?

Professor Hermann Lotze-Campen, is Co-Author of the EAT Lancet Commission, an agricultural economist and Head of Research Department 2 "Climate Resilience" at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and Professor of Sustainable Land Use and Climate Change at Humboldt University in Berlin.

Professor Hermann Lotze-Campen grew up on a farm in Northern Germany and studied Agricultural Sciences and Economics at the University of Kiel and the University of Reading in England, where he graduated with a Master's degree in Agricultural Economics. For his doctoral studies he studied in Kiel, at the University of Minnesota in the USA and at Humboldt-University in Berlin, where he received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics. In 2001, Hermann joined the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, where he developed a global land use modelling framework for assessments of the interplay between climate impacts, global food and bioenergy demand, agricultural land and water use, trade, and the environment.

TOPICS EXPLORED

0:00 – 1:47 – Introduction

1:47 – 3:03 – What is The EAT Lancet Commission?

3:03 – 4:06 – How did you become interested in sustainable food and agriculture?

4:06 – 5:31 – Why was the EAT Lancet Commission created?

5:31 – 6:50 – What types of scientists have served on the EAT Lancet Commission?

6:50 – 9:42 – What is the Planetary Boundaries Framework and how is it related to our food and agriculture system?

9:42 – 12:05 – What were the key findings of the first 2019 EAT Lancet Commission report?

12:05 – 14:31 – What is the Planetary Health Diet?

14:31 – 17:41 – What are some examples of Planetary Health Diet meals?

17:41 – 22:10 – Can you tell me more about the justice element which was incorporated into the new 2025 EAT Lancet Commission and some of those key findings?

22:10 – 24:39 – What are some of the key barriers towards achieving healthy and environmentally sustainable food systems and how can they be overcome?

24:39 – 27:55 – How can society effectively transition to healthy and environmentally sustainable food systems?

27:55 – 30:44 – What do you think will be the future of healthy and sustainable food?

30:44 – 33:06 – Things to share and wrap up

POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH:

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EAT FORUM

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RESOURCES

The EAT Lancet Commission 2025 Report: https://www.thelancet.com/commissions-do/EAT-2025

Our Cultures Our Meals Cooking for Planetary Health: https://eatforum.org/campaign/our-cultures-our-meals-cooking-for-planetary-health/

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