HEAL and its member Belgian Independent Health Insurance Funds (Mutualités Libres) organised an event under the auspices of the Belgian EU Presidency, on pathways for achieving clean air in cities. he conference took place on the eve of the European Parliament plenary vote on updated clean air standards and brought together over 300 participants. Decision-makers, scientists, NGOs and stakeholders gathered for a lively exchange on how to address air pollution in urban environments, sharing good practices and policy solutions.
HEAL has produced a science to policy communications toolkit for fellow NGOs and anyone working on clean air advocacy.
In Advocating for clean air: how to communicate the science we cover the importance and potential impact of using recent scientific findings around air quality in our communications efforts.
With this toolkit we hope to provide civil society organisations with the resources to effectively communicate air quality and health science by covering :
– six common frames when crafting air quality advocacy messages
– examples of scientific findings to communicate
– discussion of target audiences and platforms
– dos and don’ts for twitter
… and so much more.