HEAL response to consultation on zero pollution
HEAL has submitted a response to the consultation on the European Commission's zero pollution action plan. It builds on HEAL's position on zero pollution 'Beat pollution - prevent disease'
Pollution from coal power costs Turkey as much as 27% of its total health expenditure – new report
Turkey is pushing ahead with plans to double its coal power capacity with 30 new coal power stations despite major health impacts and costs linked to the country’s existing coal…
EU industrial pollution law revision essential to cut greenhouse gases and pollutants
Brussels - The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) currently excludes limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), making it unfit to support the EU's moves to address climate…
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…
An ambitious implementation of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans to prevent ill-health and move towards zero pollution
As leaders are gathering in Sofia this week for the next meeting in the Berlin process, HEAL urges them ambitiously implement the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans to prevent ill-health and move towards zero pollution.
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…
Proposal for 55% GHG reduction target for 2030: near miss is still a miss
In her first State of the Union speech, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today proposed upping the EU’s 2030 target for GHG emission reductions from the current -40%…
European Parliament’s vote on Just Transition fund is a disappointment
Today, the European Parliament has adopted its position on the 17.5 billion EUR Just Transition Fund. HEAL, together with 64 other organisations, has been advocating to exclude fossil gas from…
64 organisations write to European Parliament: The Just Transition has to be fossil fuel-free
HEAL is among the 64 signatories of an open letter to members of the European Parliament, ahead of it voting on its position on the Just Transition Fund on 15 September 2020.
Chronic Coal Pollution Serbia – Making the case for health promoting investments for zero pollution in Serbia
Coal combustion is the dominant form of energy generation in Serbia and the Western Balkans, with severe health consequences - the 16 outdated coal power plants in the region produce…
Letter to Chinese Banks by More than 20 Turkish NGOs
Adana – More than 20 civil society organisations have sent a letter to Chinese banks, China Development Bank, ICBC and Bank of China, calling on them to withdraw their financial…
