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Addressing air pollution in cities can greatly lessen disease burden and health costs

HEAL and its member Belgian Independent Health Insurance Funds (Mutualités Libres) organised an event under the auspices of the Belgian EU Presidency, on pathways for achieving clean air in cities. he conference took place on the eve of the European Parliament plenary vote on updated clean air standards and brought together over 300 participants. Decision-makers, scientists, NGOs and stakeholders gathered for a lively exchange on how to address air pollution in urban environments, sharing good practices and policy solutions.

Press note: The EU Healthy Air Coalition welcomes European Parliament vote for cleaner air and better health

The European Parliament adopted today by a large majority the provisional trilogue agreement on the revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives (AAQD), to update the EU’s clean air standards dating from 2008.

Press release: Clean air in cities for better health

Air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to everyone's health across the EU, and one of the leading risk factors for chronic diseases. Today, pathways to reach clean air in cities by 2030 will be discussed by more than 340 participants from 33 countries at an international conference taking place in Brussels.

Joint letter to German MEPs regarding revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD)

HEAL, together with Bundesärztekammer and Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit (KLUG), has sent a letter to all MEPs from Germany on the upcoming vote on the agreement reached in trilogue concerning the Ambient Air Quality DIrective (AAQD).

Letter from EU Healthy Air Coalition to MEPs: Support the trilogue deal for cleaner air and better health

The EU Healthy Air Coalition has sent a letter to members of the European Parliament, ahead of the Plenary voting on “Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe”, procedure…

HEAL and Mutualités Libres’ conference: Healthy cities, healthy people – Pathways for clean air in the EU’s urban environments

On 23 April 2024, HEAL and the Belgian Independent Health Insurance Funds (MLOZ) will be organising an international conference in Brussels, under the auspices of the Belgian EU Presidency.

Health organisations call on MEPs to support the trilogue deal for cleaner air and better health

Next Monday 11 March, the ENVI committee will be voting on “Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe”, procedure file 2022/ 0347 (COD). This follows a provisional agreement reached…

European health sector letter to EU environment ministers: swiftly adopt AAQD deal

HEAL and six more organisations representing the European health sector have sent a letter to EU environment ministers, calling on them to swiftly adopt in Council the deal reached by…

Press note: Health groups welcome restriction on widely used sub-family of PFAS

Press note: Member state’s representatives voted in the REACH Committee to restrict PFHxA – a subfamily of the “forever chemicals” PFAS - that is widely used in for example clothing and food contact materials.

Will the Polish government support higher ambitions for improving air quality for health?

In February a meeting of representatives of the Polish health sector and civil society with Secretary of State Krzysztof Bolesta was held at the Ministry of Climate and Environment in Poland, organized by HEAL Poland. Over 25 non-governmental organizations and health experts called on the Polish government to support the preliminary agreement reached last week during EU trilogue negotiations on updating the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD).

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