The Commission must live up to its European Green Deal promise and stop subsidies to fossil fuel companies, experts warn
European climate, environmental and health NGOs have sent an open letter to the European Commission urging it to ensure that bloc-wide guidelines on energy subsidies do not allow taxpayers’ money…
Letter to Mayors: Regional Just Transition plans need to place health protection at the center
On the occasion of the 4th Forum of Mayors on Just Transition which will focus on the Social Policy Dialogue on the Transition to Net Zero, HEAL has written an open…
Turkey: Rising Temperatures and the Impact of Heat Waves on Health, Cities, Water and Forests
The summer of 2021 has put health concerns of extreme weather events to the forefront. A new briefing produced as part of the EU-funded CISIP project in Turkey underlines that…
NGOs to refuse invitations to speak at fossil-fuel sponsored media events
Sixteen leading European civil society organisations [1] have announced they will no longer accept invitations to speak at media events on EU policy sponsored by fossil fuel companies, in an…
Bundesregierung verpasst Chance, tausende vorzeitige Todesfälle aufgrund von Luftverschmutzung aus Kohlekraftwerken zu verhindern
Bundesregierung legt unambitionierte Grenzwerte für Kohlekraftwerke fest, die zu über 18.000 vorzeitigen Todesfällen führen werden. Fast die Hälfte davon entfallen auf nur 3 Braunkohlekraftwerke Neurath, Lippendorf und Boxberg· Umwelt- und…
ENBEL project session on climate and health at Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
HEAL's Senior Health and Energy Policy Officer Vlatka Matkovic will be chairing the session “Climate and Health: From Research to Policy in the Context of EU and Belmont Forum Funded…
First ENBEL newsletter out
The ENBEL project that is connecting climate change and health research has just published its first newsletter, with a focus on “Heat and the impact on human health”. It includes…
Announcement of Belchatow coal plant closure is turning point for health
Webinar: Just Transition for Better Health. Which role for the health sector in achieving the energy transformation in Poland?
Monday, 7 June 2021, 15.00 – 16.30 CEST The transformation of coal and carbon-intensive regions has gained in policy importance at national and EU level, as part of considerations of…
Webinar on climate change and health: Promoting wellbeing through climate action
HEAL's Deputy Director Anne Stauffer participated in a webinar organised by the ENBEL project. The webinar was part of the 5th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA) webinar series. It…
New briefing on how to achieve better health through Just Transition in Poland
Just Transition is a key consideration for Poland, where the majority of energy is still generated by coal power. Each year, this leads to up to EUR 7.5 billion in…
On the road to increased environment and climate capacity in the Turkish health sector
Bundesregierung blockiert Umwelt- und Gesundheitsschutz bei der Umsetzung von EU-Schadstoffgrenzwerten für Kohlekraftwerke
• Entwurf der Bundesregierung setzt Grenzwerte für Ausstoß von Schadstoffen von Kohlekraftwerken (unter anderem für Quecksilber, Stickstoff, Schwefeloxide, Feinstaub) zu hoch an und ist damit absolut unzureichend, um Menschen und…
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…
Connecting health and climate change – new international project
Climate change is according to the WHO the greatest threat to human health in the 21st century. By bringing together leaders in climate change and health research, this international project…