by Matteo Barisione | Nov 14, 2020 | Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal
The European environment – State and Outlook 2020 from the European Environment Agency warns that “Europe’s environment is at a tipping point.” The systemic changes in ecological conditions will have far-reaching effects on human health and well-being,...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 1, 2020 | CAP & Health, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | 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 Zoltán Massay-Kosubek | Sep 30, 2020 | Clean air, Clean Air | Analysis & Opinion, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal
How connections between people, money, mobility and health can contribute to rising EU climate ambitions Our society is at risk of collapsing, facing a toxic mix of various crises: rising global temperature and seas, growing antimicrobial resistance and of course the...
by George Thurley | Sep 30, 2020 | Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Trade for health | Latest Developments
It has been more than fifteen months since agreement in principle was reached on the controversial EU-Mercosur trade agreement, and yet ratification hasn’t even begun. So what’s going on? Officially the Association Agreement is being ‘scrubbed’ and translated...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 17, 2020 | CAP & Health, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture
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 | Aug 20, 2020 | Clean Air | Latest Developments, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal
In its response to the EU consultation on how to adapt to the climate crisis, the European Public Health Alliance has called for the development of a comprehensive approach to tackle its effects. It is well known that climate, health and biodiversity are strongly...