‘ÇİSİP’ – a joint project on health collaboration on climate change and environment in Turkey
Since 2020, HEAL, together with HASUDER – the Association Of Public Health Specialists and Kocaeli University, Department of Public Health, has been coordinating the “Health Collaboration on Climate Change and…
Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey
A new report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) now highlights that phasing out coal power in Turkey earlier (by 2030) rather than later (by 2050) would produce tremendous…
HEAL General Assembly 2022
For the first time since 2019, HEAL members came together in person in Brussels again, for the HEAL Annual General Assembly in October 2022. The HEAL secretariat and members spent…
An early coal phase-out in the Western Balkan can save lives, improve health and strengthen the economy
A new report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), published today, shows that phasing out coal power in the Western Balkan region by 2030 instead of 2050 will bring a…
International health organisations call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to protect lives of current and future generations
Ahead of COP27 in November, more than 192 organisations have signed a letter that demands that governments lay out a legally binding global plan to phase out fossil fuel use.…
Heatwaves – A major health threat
Letter to European Parliament: Keep the EU Taxonomy fossil gas free for better health – vote against the delegated act
HEAL has sent a letter to Members of European Parliament, calling to keep the EU Taxonomy fossil gas free for better health - vote against the delegated act. The much…
Webinar: Wood burning – a sustainable energy alternative or a health threat?
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 10.00 – 11.30 am CEST In recent years, the burning of wood in private homes, in power or heat plants has increased, and is hailed by…
Letter to EU energy ministers: Ending the EU’s fossil fuel dependency for better health
False fix: the hidden health impacts of Europe’s fossil gas dependency
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 deaths from…
HEAL and ENBEL project at European Public Health Week: climate change affects our health
HEAL is delighted to have teamed up with the EU funded ENBEL research project and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) to spotlight climate change and health on 18 May,…
ENBEL project April newsletter out
The ENBEL project (Enhancing Belmont Research Action to support EU policy making on climate change and health) of which HEAL is a project partner has published its latest newsletter. The…
HERA Final Conference: Research for the Green Deal / La Recherche pour le Pact vert
The Health Environment Research Agenda for Europe (HERA), of which HEAL is a project partner, will hold its final conference on 18 March 2022, taking place in Paris and as…
Joint letter: taxonomy complementary delegated act
The Green 10, of which HEAL is part of, together with other groups has written to European Commission President Von der Leyen, in light of the Commission’s upcoming publication of…