Mattias Klum is exclusively featured with photography throughout the Planetary Health Check 2026, the latest global assessment of the state of our planet by PBScience and the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab.
The report brings together leading Earth system science to assess the nine Planetary Boundaries and concludes that seven of them have now been transgressed, placing humanity outside the planet’s Safe Operating Space.
Klum’s photography forms an integral visual part of the publication, accompanying chapters on the health of the planet, Earth resilience, climate change and solutions for the future. The report explicitly acknowledges his contribution and his generous provision of photographs for the publication.
The 2026 edition brings together an internationally distinguished group of scientists and contributors, including Earth system scientist Carlos A. Nobre, who wrote the foreword, and Johan Rockström, one of the report’s editors and authors and a leading figure behind the Planetary Boundaries framework.
For Klum, an artist, National Geographic Explorer, photographer and filmmaker, the collaboration reflects a long-standing commitment to bringing science, storytelling and visual experience together in ways that deepen our understanding of the living planet.
Planetary Health Check 2026 presents both a stark warning and a message of possibility: while pressures on Earth’s life-support systems are increasing, the report emphasizes that there is still a narrow window in which decisive action can steer humanity towards a safer and more resilient future.
