End Coal for Healthy Energy, Healthy People and the Climate
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…
Healthy mobility in cities – a win-win for climate, air quality and our health
A new HEAL initiative aims to shed light on how transport systems and the way mobility is organised in cities impacts our health, and outline which policy measures should be prioritised to prevent disease and ill-health.
Ten of the largest environment organisations publish manifesto ahead of 2019 European elections
The Green 10, a coalition of ten of the largest environmental organisations representing tens of millions of citizens across Europe, call on candidates for the European elections to promote a European Union that puts people and our planet first.
Call to protect people’s health as permitting of new coal power projects accelerates in Turkey, including in Eskisehir city
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…
Increase in number of Coal Power Plants in Canakkale City, Turkey puts air quality and health at risk
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…
New HEAL briefing: Healthy buildings, healthier people
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…
HEAL receives response from upcoming Austrian presidency to call for ambition for health and the environment
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.…
HEAL highlights Western Balkans coal power plants’ lack of compliance with Energy Community rules ahead of Energy Community/European Parliament exchange
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…
HEAL encourages an ambitious Austrian presidency for health and the environment
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…
10 cities, four continents: HEAL joins major new global urban health project launched in February
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…
Exchange on health and climate action with Italian Sentinel Physicians for the Environment
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.…
Health professionals demand clean air for Tuzla and Lukavac in Bosnia
Doctors and health groups have issued an urgent call to improve air quality in Tuzla and Lukavac (Bosnia and Herzegovina), joining the global Unmask My City campaign for clean air, and inviting doctors region wide to join.
