The EAT-Lancet Commission showed that feeding 10 billion people a healthy diet within safe planetary boundaries by 2050 is both possible and necessary. The adoption of the ‘Planetary Health Diet’ would help avoid severe environmental degradation and prevent approximately 11 million premature adult deaths annually. Building on the findings of the first publication, EAT-Lancet 2.0 will accelerate progress and contribute to the 2030 agenda by including several new elements such as a greater focus on diversity and the adaptation of regional and local diets, strengthened diversity in the composition of the Commission and a new focus on food justice and social food system goals. In addition to the work of the Commission, a 12-month global consultation will be conducted with the aim of increasing local legitimacy, buy-in and adoption of the Commission’s recommendations.