Advocating for a swift coal phase out in Turkey for health
Following new evidence of the health economic benefits of a phase out of coal power generation, HEAL has contacted decision-makers in Turkey, to underline that a swift phase out is…
Infographic: Health benefits of a Green Deal (TR)
A new infographic on the health benefits of a Green Deal has been created in the frame of the EU-funded project ÇİSİP, a joint project on health collaboration on climate…
Infographic: Mental Health and Climate Change (TR)
A new infographic on mental health and climate change has been created in the frame of the EU-funded project ÇİSİP, a joint project on health collaboration on climate change and…
New briefing on Mental Health and Climate Change Briefing in Collaboration with the Turkish Psychiatric Association
Civil society organisations and health experts, as part of the Health Collaboration on Climate Change and Environment Project (CISIP), have published a new briefing titled "Climate Change and Mental Health"…
ÇİSİP Uyardı: Türkiye Sağlık Sistemi Depremlere Ve İklim Değişikliğine Karşı Güçlendirilmeli, Dirençli Bir Sağlık Sistemi Oluşturulmalı
Çevre, İklim ve Sağlık için İş Birliği Projesi (ÇİSİP) kapsamında, geçtiğimiz hafta yapılan kapanış toplantısında ayrıca Türkiye'deki sağlık sisteminin dirençli olması gerektiğine yönelik çağrılar yapıldı. ÇİSİP, 2023 Şubat ayında yaşanan…
Closing event of the ÇİSİP project this Friday 2 June
This Friday 2 June, the three-year EU-funded project ÇİSİP, which is implemented by HEAL, HASUDER and Kocaeli University, and focuses on strengthening Turkish health sector engagement on climate and environmental…
Health benefits of a Green Deal approach in Turkey
The myth of “clean coal”: why coal power generation is always unhealthy / “Temiz kömür” efsanesi: neden kömürden enerji üretmek her koşulda sağlıksızdır
Pesticides and Health Impacts / Pestisitler ve Sağlığa Etkileri
Pestisitlerin Sağlık Etkileri konusunda Türkiye sağlık sektöründen öneriler
‘ÇİSİP’ – a joint project on health collaboration on climate change and environment in Turkey
Since 2020, HEAL, together with HASUDER – the Association Of Public Health Specialists and Kocaeli University, Department of Public Health, has been coordinating the “Health Collaboration on Climate Change and…
Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey
A new report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) now highlights that phasing out coal power in Turkey earlier (by 2030) rather than later (by 2050) would produce tremendous…
Recommendations from the Turkish health sector on improving air quality
Turkey is a country with a high burden of disease from air pollution. Poor air quality is the leading environmental risk factor for premature death in the country (and also…
Decades of chronic coal pollution in Turkey have led to a large, unacceptable health burden
Recommendations from Turkish Health Sector regarding Climate Action and COP 26
Turkey's ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement by November 10, 2021 and announcing its net zero emission target until 2053 are among the positive developments considering we have been feeling…