Unique doctors coalition in Poland launches urgent call for climate action
Polish health and medical experts have issued a reminder that accelerating climate change already impacts people’s health in Poland and beyond - and that these effects will continue to worsen.…
Just transition for health protection – Why disease prevention and zero pollution need to be at the heart of energy investments
The upcoming finalisation of the Just Transition Fund will set the financial framework on how European regions will execute the much needed transition to carbon-neutral economies. Decades of fossil fuel…
Letter to EU heads of state: Upping EU’s 2030 GHG emissions reduction target to – 65% to respond to the twin COVID-19 pandemic and climate crises
HEAL has sent a letter to EU heads of state calling for raising the EU’s 2030 GHG emissions reduction target to - 65% to respond to the twin COVID-19 pandemic…
Lancet Countdown 2020 underlines health benefits of decisive climate and recovery action
Responding to the converging climate and COVID-19 crises can deliver a triple win: better public health, a sustainable economy and environmental protection. Climate action can ensure cleaner air, healthier diets,…
More than 12,200 chemicals can be used in materials and articles coming in contact with food worldwide, according to new scientific database
HEAL joins international call for UN Food and Agriculture Organization to abandon partnership with trade industry
Survey shows almost 50% of Belgians are unaware of health-harming endocrine disrupting chemicals in daily lives
An ambitious implementation of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans to prevent ill-health and move towards zero pollution
Green 10 letter on guaranteeing a Green Recovery across Europe in Next Generation EU by excluding fossil fuels from the RRF
The 10 largest environmental NGOs have written a letter on the need to exclude fossil fuels from the scope of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the largest envelope in Next…
Zero pollution: Beat pollution – prevent disease
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is the leading European not-for-profit organisation addressing how the natural and built environment affects health in the European Union. HEAL welcomes the priority that…
Turning the plastic tide: how upgraded chemicals regulations are piece and parcel of addressing the plastics challenge
Ditch fossil fuelled transport to guarantee healthy air, study confirms
EU chemicals strategy: speedy implementation steps key to truly protect people’s health
Environmental health advocates have welcomed today’s release of the European Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability as a major step forward in the delivery of Europe’s Zero Pollution Objective. They however insisted…
Save the date: HEAL and Belgian Independent Health Insurance Funds symposium on endocrine disruptors
