Health and Environment Alliance | Briefings: Climate and Energy

Health sector awareness and engagement on climate across Europe

3rd November 2023

This new briefing prepared as part of the EU-funded CISIP project aims to shed light on why “health” is at the heart of climate change and present some of the milestones of health sector engagement on climate.

New briefing on Mental Health and Climate Change Briefing in Collaboration with the Turkish Psychiatric Association

22nd June 2023

Civil society organisations and health experts, as part of the Health Collaboration on Climate Change and Environment Project (CISIP), have published a new briefing titled "Climate Change and Mental Health"…

The myth of “clean coal”: why coal power generation is always unhealthy / “Temiz kömür” efsanesi: neden kömürden enerji üretmek her koşulda sağlıksızdır

27th April 2023

A new HEAL analysis shows that even coal power plants using the latest filter technology would still create significant (and avoidable) health impacts and costs in Turkey. This analysis adds to the body of evidence on the health burden from coal power generation and underlines that in order to protect health, Turkey should set a coal phase out date of 2030, and shelve all coal plants remaining in the pipeline.

An early coal phase-out in Poland can save lives, improve health and strengthen the economy

31st January 2023

As the Polish government is about to launch its update on its 2040 Energy Strategy (PEP), part three of HEAL’s ‘Curing Chronic Coal’ series, published today, shows that the earlier Poland phases out coal power, the greater the health benefits and saved health costs to society will be.

Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey

22nd December 2022

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…

False fix: the hidden health impacts of Europe’s fossil gas dependency

18th May 2022

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…

Health experts demand more attention and action on the public health threat of wood burning in the Western Balkans

27th January 2022

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has today launched a briefing exploring the public health threat of wood-burning in the Western Balkans, as a major contributor to air pollution in the region. The briefing presents evidence-based arguments on wood burning and scientific data to support decision-making, as the Western Balkans and the EU shift to a carbon-neutral and healthy future.

Decades of chronic coal pollution in Turkey have led to a large, unacceptable health burden

26th January 2022

HEAL’s new analysis on “Chronic coal pollution Turkey: Cumulative health effects” highlights that the country’s decades-long dependency on coal power generation has led to unacceptably high health impacts and costs.

Air pollution and health in Western Balkan cities

9th December 2021

A new series of HEAL briefings showcases the sources of air pollution in four cities in the Western Balkan region, and highlights why a phase out of coal power generation and fossil fuels in general would be beneficial especially for city residents.