Health and Environment Alliance

HEAL asking for environmental health protection and evidence-based disease prevention at the heart of EU’s COVID-19 recovery

29th April 2020

Today the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) wrote to Presidents Michel and Von der Leyen to ask that environmental health protection and evidence based disease prevention are put at the…

Open letter from the Break Free From Plastic movement: A post COVID-19 world – Enabling lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis for a more resilient economy

27th April 2020

Executive Vice-President Timmermans’ reply to HEAL’s letter on zero pollution and health protection

23rd April 2020

Executive Vice-President Timmermans' reply to HEAL's letter on zero pollution and health protection

NGO’s urge REACH Committee to reject authorisation for a use of chromium trioxide

23rd April 2020

Joint public appeal for investment in a healthy future, a green and just recovery

23rd April 2020

Time to invest in a healthy future - Time for a green recovery We call upon EU and national leaders to tackle the unprecedented crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic…

Joint letter: Greening state aid as part of the Commission’s Green Recovery Strategy

22nd April 2020

HEAL together with the other Green 10 organisations has sent a letter to Commission President Von der Leyen as well as on greening state aid as part of the European…

Webinar: Toward a global understanding of chemical pollution: a first comprehensive analysis of national and regional chemical inventories

22nd April 2020

For a Europe that cares for all – during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

22nd April 2020

Solidarity must be the bedrock of Europe’s response to this crisis: to fighting the pandemic and protecting all people, to managing the social and economic consequences, and to defending democracy. Solidarity goes beyond borders and should not be limited to European Union countries.

Climate change puts pregnant women at greater risk: new infographic by FIGO, UCSF and HEAL

22nd April 2020

The health impacts of global climate change on maternal and child health can no longer be ignored. To illustrate the problem and the solutions at hand, HEAL partnered with the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to launch an easy-to-use infographic for health advocates and policy-makers.

HEAL feedback on the European Commission roadmap 2030 Climate Target Plan

15th April 2020

Climate change is the greatest threat to public health of the 21st century, and decisive and strong mitigation action will yield large health benefits, also in Europe. The Health and…

CSOs open letter on the importance and urgency of publishing the Farm to Fork strategy by end April 2020

15th April 2020

On 14 April, 39 civil society organisations have sent a joint letter to Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioner Kyriakides, Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski and Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, highlighting the importance and urgency of publishing the Farm to Fork strategy without delaying further by end April 2020.

HEAL newsletter – April 2020

6th April 2020

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