by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 2, 2020 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments
EPHA joins calls to European Commission President von der Leyen to withdraw the proposal for the new EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Following the latest vote in the European Parliament there is very little left for public health in the current CAP. Tabling a new...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 20, 2020 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments
Throughout the reform of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), many opportunities for the CAP to genuinely support public health objectives, such as healthy food environments, planetary health objectives, fair working conditions and the phase out of health-harming...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 1, 2020 | CAP & Health, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments
Open letter to the President of the European Commission, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament calling for full alignment of the reformed Common Agricultural Policy with the European Green...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 17, 2020 | CAP & Health, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments
198 European and national health and environment NGOs, Members of the European Parliament, academics, business leaders and trade associations, led by the former European Commissioner for the Environment, Janez Potočnik (now Chair of the RISE Foundation and the Forum...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 3, 2020 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments
Health organisations recommend three ways to promote nutrition-oriented supply chains as part of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. In a joint letter to the European Commissioner for Agriculture Wojciechowski, they outline why the CAP needs a stronger nutrition...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 16, 2020 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Health Inequalities, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments, Social Determinants
EPHA joins 27 other organisations in highlighting the critical importance of good working conditions for food chain workers for ensuring food and nutrition security and food system resilience. The statement recommends both urgent measures with a view to COVID-19 and...
