Incentives and pollution exemptions given to the privatised coal power plants can be extended until 2021, threatening health The Turkish government has already vowed to increase its coal-fired power generation…
With our members, partners and our network, HEAL is working to tackle climate change as the public health challenge of the 21st century. In order to reach a healthy energy…
Health groups are concerned about the acceleration of permissions for new coal power plants fuelled with lignite and importated coal, with the approval of two impact assessment (EIA) reports and…
Brussels – The city of Canakkale in Turkey is not only famous with its Galipoli and Troia wars, it is unfortunately also a coal and health hotspot in the country. In…
Buildings: They shape our health and well being on a daily basis regardless of whether we talk about homes, schools, workplaces, health care facilities, universities, shopping centers, or those used…
On 17 April 2018, HEAL sent a letter to the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ahead of Austria’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union from July 2018 on.…
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) underlines the current unpreparedness of coal power plants in the Western Balkans to meet emission standards ahead of a European Parliament Industry, Research and…
In a few months Austria will be taking over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. In an open letter sent to Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, HEAL encourages Austria…
The Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH) is a four-year Wellcome Trust funded project that will deliver key global research on the systems that connect urban development and…
On 9 March, HEAL’s Health and Climate Change Officer Eva Takaria joined a conference organised by the project ‘Italian Network of Sentinel Physicians for the Environment (RIMSA)’ in Rome, Italy.…
