Letter to European Parliament: Keep the EU Taxonomy fossil gas free for better health – vote against the delegated act
HEAL has sent a letter to Members of European Parliament, calling to keep the EU Taxonomy fossil gas free for better health - vote against the delegated act. The much…
Webinar: Wood burning – a sustainable energy alternative or a health threat?
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 10.00 – 11.30 am CEST In recent years, the burning of wood in private homes, in power or heat plants has increased, and is hailed by…
Letter to EU energy ministers: Ending the EU’s fossil fuel dependency for better health
False fix: the hidden health impacts of Europe’s fossil gas dependency
First of its kind analysis on the health harm of burning fossil gas shows that in 2019 alone, burning fossil gas for power (and heat) generation caused over 2,800 premature deaths from…
HEAL and ENBEL project at European Public Health Week: climate change affects our health
HEAL is delighted to have teamed up with the EU funded ENBEL research project and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) to spotlight climate change and health on 18 May,…
ENBEL project April newsletter out
The ENBEL project (Enhancing Belmont Research Action to support EU policy making on climate change and health) of which HEAL is a project partner has published its latest newsletter. The…
HERA Final Conference: Research for the Green Deal / La Recherche pour le Pact vert
The Health Environment Research Agenda for Europe (HERA), of which HEAL is a project partner, will hold its final conference on 18 March 2022, taking place in Paris and as…
Joint letter: taxonomy complementary delegated act
The Green 10, of which HEAL is part of, together with other groups has written to European Commission President Von der Leyen, in light of the Commission’s upcoming publication of…
Health experts demand more attention and action on the public health threat of wood burning in the Western Balkans
Decades of chronic coal pollution in Turkey have led to a large, unacceptable health burden
HEAL urges MEPs to put spotlight on environmental health at EU French Presidency exchange
HEAL Poland at a Polish senate hearing on climate
HEAL’s Weronika Michalak recently presented on climate change and health at a hearing in the Senate, Poland’s upper chamber. The meeting explored the direction in which Polish climate policy should…
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…
Air pollution and health in Western Balkan cities
High level panel: Why urgent action on the EU’s Zero Pollution ambition matters for health – voices from communities and vulnerable groups
Virtual, public event - moderated by Tamsin Rose. Friday, 10 December 2021, 14.30 – 16.00 CET Pollution harms our health and the environment. It is the largest environmental cause of…
COP26 – a make or break opportunity for climate action and health
The Commission must live up to its European Green Deal promise and stop subsidies to fossil fuel companies, experts warn
European climate, environmental and health NGOs have sent an open letter to the European Commission urging it to ensure that bloc-wide guidelines on energy subsidies do not allow taxpayers’ money…