Clean air for health
Breathing is the most basic human function to sustain life. And yet, air pollution remains the largest environmental health risk in Europe, despite increasing awareness of the health impacts of air pollution over decades and various policy initiatives at international, European, national, regional and city levels.
Do you live in a city? This is what air pollution is doing to us.
Publications
Health impacts and health costs of diesel emissions in the EU
The Invisible Killer: the health burden from air pollution in Europe
Lancet Countdown & EPHA Policy Briefing I Tackling Climate Change and Air Pollution
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Latest Developments
Air pollution clears in cities globally – new maps
Air pollution clears in cities globally, but “Damage already done” for Covid-19 patients, EPHA warns.
read moreCoronavirus threat greater for polluted cities
Conditions caused by dirty air likely to cut survival chances. New maps show clean air returning to cities in lockdown.
read moreEuropean governments united in addressing the air pollution health emergency
The best way to cut costs is to prevent pollution at the outset, says EPHA Acting Secretary Genreral Sascha Marschang.
read moreAnalysis & Opinion
Unlocking the health benefits of mitigating the climate crisis
The climate emergency is a major threat to public health. The systemic changes in ecological conditions and social dynamics will have far-reaching...
read moreHow can we improve the air we breathe in 2020?
The EU Green Deal; a new strategy for sustainable mobility; the power of cities in fighting air pollution – will we see a breakthrough in efforts to improve the air we breathe in 2020?
read moreRecipe for a healthy EU Green Deal
The EU Green Deal is a public health strategy to its core and people’s health will benefit tremendously if its actions are properly designed and implemented
read morePast Events
A matter of life or death
25 April 2019
Ella was only 9 years old when she succumbed to an asthma attack linked to the illegal levels of air pollution in the United Kingdom.
Paying to breathe
27 November 2018
The European Diesel Summit
6 November 2018
Do you have a question?
Meet our Clean Air for Health Policy Lead.
Zoltán Massay-Kosubek
Policy Manager for Health Policy Coherence
zoltan@epha.org
+32 2 233 3872