HEAL’s report on "The co-benefits to health of climate change" was covered in the New York Times (Green Inc blob, 2 October 2008; ENDS Europe Daily, 3 October, "Europe urged to tighten CO2 target for health gains; Science for Environment Policy, Issue 128, "Reduce GHGs, reduce health problems", and in the In Brief section of the British Medical Journal (BMJ 2008;377:a2016).

The New York Times story was picked up by The Daily Climate service of Environmental Health Services.

HEAL video clips of speakers at our climate change conference in June 2008 were featured on the DG Sanco newsletter (Health-EU e-newsletter, Issue 26, November 2008) and the French health journal "Revue du soignant en sante publique" (Mai-juin 2008, no. 25) featured HEAL’s work change in a major feature on the effects of climate change on health.

Why isn’t health on the agenda at the Gastein European Health Forum? The European Parliament magazine, 29 September 2008, includes an article by Genon K. Jensen entitled: “Health warning: the effects of climate change could overwhelm health services”. The issue will be distributed at the Gastein conference, 1-4 October.

Media coverage of our “Climate change and the challenges for public health: engaging the regions” meeting organised with the European Regional Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA) in June 2008 continues with articles in two prestigious European magazines published articles about health and climate change. Public Service Review: European Union, Issue 16, published an article entitled “A healthy environment” featuring the event, and Environmental Health Practitioners published “Climate change: Think global, act local” in September 2008. Articles are expected to appear in October in the European Parliament magazine (Regional Review) to be entitled “Health proofing climate change” and at the end of the year in Hospital Healthcare Europe, “Approaches to reducing carbon footprint in hospitals” in its 2008/2009 review.

The June conference outcome has also been promoted by HEAL members, the Standing Committee of European Doctors(CPME), which distributed a short article on “Health proofing climate change” to their members, and by the International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE) Italia News, No. 310, September 2008. Websites that posted our press release include: European Urban Knowledge Network and The Global to Local Foundation (ege magazine).

 WHO calls for health system response to warming, ENDS Europe Daily quotes Genon Jensen, HEAL on World Health Day, 7 April 2008