HEAL Brussels briefing on climate change and air pollution with WHO
Brussels – At a Brussels briefing today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) have called upon policy-makers in the EU and wider European Region to…
HEAL events put spotlight on health impacts from air pollution
HEAL recently organised two events, one in Poland, one in Germany, to present the latest evidence on how air pollution affects our health, and why children are particularly at risk…
HEAL urges MEPs to reject European Commission plans for Bisphenol A in food contact materials
Dear MEP, As a membership network of over 70 public interest organisations aiming to promote and protect people’s health through environmental action, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) looks forward to the…
Third UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya
This year’s UNEA3 was all about health and pollution under the theme ; 'Towards A Pollution-Free Planet'. For the first time, HEAL sent a delegation to Nairobi: Vijoleta Gordeljevic and Eva…
Guest blog from the European Environment Agency (EEA): Human Biomonitoring for Europe
HEAL is excited to be an official stakeholder to HBM4EU, the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative. HBM4EU is a joint effort of 28 countries, the European Environment Agency and the European…
Institute of Public Health of Serbia: Heavy metal pollution from mining sites harms public health
The Institute of Public Health of Serbia, a HEAL member, recently published a study focusing on the public health threats of some of the most industrially contaminated areas in Serbia. Coal…
HEAL at inaugural Clean Air Forum in Paris
To increase awareness and speed up action on tackling air pollution, HEAL participated in the Clean Air Forum that was organised by the European Commission in Paris earlier this month…
HEAL’s debrief of COP23 in Bonn, Germany
November 2017 –The yearly UN Climate Change Conference took place in Bonn, Germany from 6 to 17 November this year. HEAL sent a 16 head strong delegation to Bonn to…
HEAL letter on EBRD on its support for thermal and coking coal in its mining policy revision
HEAL has sent a joint letter together with CEE Bankwatch and Re:Common to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) calling on it to abandon its support for thermal…
HEAL urges MEPs to support measures that promote health in EED vote
[This letter was sent to all Members of European Parliament of the Industry, Research and Energy committee on 16 November 2017] Dear MEP, I am writing on behalf of HEAL, a…
Making the health arguments heard in climate negotiations – HEAL at COP23
By Genon K. Jensen, HEAL's Executive Director Yesterday, a sixteen head strong high-level HEAL delegation traveled to COP23, the UN Climate Change Conference 2017, taking place from 6-17 November in…
Civil society and businesses demand health considerations to be given in Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
In a letter to the European Parliament, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) was joined by civil society organisations and businesses to demand the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)…
