Health and Environment Alliance | Air Quality

Luftqualität: Gesundheit durch neue Standards schützen

28th October 2022

Luftqualität: Gesundheit durch neue Standards schützen Hohe Risiken für akute und chronische Krankheiten durch Feinstaub und Stickstoffdioxid Hannover/Brüssel, 28.10.2022. Die Gefahr ist unsichtbar: Luftverschmutzung ist ein großer umweltbedingter Risikofaktor für die…

Air pollution law revision can be a game changer for zero-pollution ambition

27th October 2022

Today, the European Commission released the proposed update to the Ambient Air Quality Directives (AAQD), the first one since 2008. As part of the Zero Pollution Package, this proposal has…

Reactions from the health community on the European Commission’s proposal on updating the Ambient Air Quality Directive

26th October 2022

The European Commission’s proposal on the revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directive fails to address the urgency to act, to swiftly reduce the health burden. Reactions from the health community:

EU leaders: reaffirm Europe’s leadership in clean air policies

20th October 2022

Joint letter by C40, Clean Cities Campaign, European Cyclists' Federation, Transport & Environment and HEAL, calling to Fully align EU limit values for pollutants with the global air quality guidelines…

Letter to European Commission: Civil society vision on how the EU can deliver the European Green Deal and address the multiple crises we face

14th October 2022

The Green 10 wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice President Frans Timmermans, Vice President Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, Commissioners Thierry Breton and Virginijus Sinkevičius to express their concern that the Commission’s Letter of Intent listing priority initiatives for 2023 failed to mention a number of the priority legislative files expected for the European Commission to publish in 2023 based on earlier plans by the European Commission.

100+ organisations call for stricter, WHO aligned EU air pollution limits

22nd September 2022

Exactly one year after the World Health Organization (WHO), after a systematic review of the science, published new Global Air Quality Guidelines with recommendations for maximum concentrations of the major air pollutants, more than 100 organisations in 17 EU countries have called on their health and environment ministers to save lives and protect nature from air pollution with science-based EU air quality standards.

Health Impacts of Air Pollution (Turkish)

21st September 2022

Letter to MEPs: Wood burning harms our health and fuels climate change

7th September 2022

HEAL, together with the German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG e.V.), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), the German Public Health Association (DGPH) and KlimaDocs e.V. has today sent a letter to Members of European Parliament calling on them to stop classifying wood as a renewable energy source in RED III and to end subsidies for wood as an energy source.

Toolkit (EN and DE): Advocating for clean air – how to communicate the science

19th July 2022

HEAL has produced a science to policy communications toolkit for fellow NGOs and anyone working on clean air advocacy.

Recommendations from the Turkish health sector on improving air quality

30th June 2022

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…

Leading Western Balkans health experts call on leaders in the region to set ambitious plans for zero air pollution policy

2nd June 2022

Leading health experts working in the Western Balkans, together with the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), have launched the first regional Expert Statement to call for the development and implementation…

HEAL and European Cancer Leagues relaunch infographic illustrating how Europe can prevent cancer by tackling environmental pollutants

25th May 2022

To mark the start of the European Week Against Cancer 2022, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the European Cancer Leagues (ECL) have teamed up to relaunch an infographic telling the story behind environmental cancer prevention.

False fix: the hidden health impacts of Europe’s fossil gas dependency

18th May 2022

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…

Mental health and cities

13th May 2022

Our new infographic explores the links between cities, climate change, air pollution and mental health - and how we can create mental health-friendly cities. Available in English and Polish.

Healthy Mobility: A new approach to urban space environments

11th May 2022

Across Europe, from East to West, North to South, mayors and local decision-makers have initiated measures to make cities more sustainable and climate-friendly. There is a wealth of good practice…

The impact of air pollution from transport on children’s health and development

6th May 2022

HEAL Poland has published a new infographic highlighting the fact that children are particularly vulnerable to suffering impacts from air pollution, with sometimes lifelong consequences, available in English and Polish.

Reply from European Commision to civil society letter calling to save lives, protect nature from air pollution with science-based revised EU air quality standards

27th April 2022

On 22 March, HEAL, together with 35+ medical, health, environmental, public health civil society organisations has sent a letter to European Commission Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioners Sinkevičius and Kyriakides, calling on them…

Letter: Civil society call to save lives, protect nature from air pollution with science-based revised EU air quality standards

22nd March 2022

HEAL, together with 35+ medical, health, environmental, public health civil society organisations has sent a letter to European Commission Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioners Sinkevičius and Kyriakides, calling on them and…

European Parliament recognises the European Green Deal as a significant contributing factor to cancer prevention in Europe

17th February 2022

The European Parliament has adopted its non-legislative report responding to the publication of the EU Commission 2021 communication on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, recognising the EU Green Deal is a key tool to limit people’s exposure to pollution and prevent cancer.

Updated infographic: Why clean air standards have to be health-based

15th February 2022

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