Celebrating 20 years of HEAL
Letter to Ursula von der Leyen on the nomination of Wopke Hoekstra as Climate Commissioner
Promoting health and well-being in urban environments
Nature restoration law must be adopted, to protect nature and to boost health
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…
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…
Highlighting the health risks of climate change and adaptation needs
The myth of “clean coal”: why coal power generation is always unhealthy / “Temiz kömür” efsanesi: neden kömürden enerji üretmek her koşulda sağlıksızdır
Infographic: health sector calls for climate action
New infographic on health sector engagement for climate action, as health protection: Download the full pdf Download the social media assets:
The long-neglected health impacts of fossil gas
An early coal phase-out in Poland can save lives, improve health and strengthen the economy
‘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…
HEAL General Assembly 2022
For the first time since 2019, HEAL members came together in person in Brussels again, for the HEAL Annual General Assembly in October 2022. The HEAL secretariat and members spent…
An early coal phase-out in the Western Balkan can save lives, improve health and strengthen the economy
A new report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), published today, shows that phasing out coal power in the Western Balkan region by 2030 instead of 2050 will bring a…
International health organisations call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to protect lives of current and future generations
Ahead of COP27 in November, more than 192 organisations have signed a letter that demands that governments lay out a legally binding global plan to phase out fossil fuel use.…