Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal 3

Joint Letter | It’s time for action to align the CAP with the EU Green Deal

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...

Revealing the Climate and Clean Air Connection for a Healthy Recovery

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...

EU-Mercosur: deforestation’s toll on public health

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...

EPHA adds its voice to calls for a green recovery for agriculture

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...

We need a comprehensive approach to tackle the climate crisis and improve air quality, says EPHA

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...

Fighting the climate emergency and improving air quality should be at the core of the EU’s Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy

by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 19, 2020 | Clean Air, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Sustainable Development Goals

In response to the European Commission’s consultation on its forthcoming Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the European Public Health Alliance supports the Commission’s intention to adopt a comprehensive strategy to reduce transport-related...