While certain world leaders deny the climate crisis, the European Commission last week published a comprehensive plan to “reboot” the EU’s economy and society towards a sustainable future – the European Green Deal. The Green Deal rides on the back of ever-more...
This paper by EPHA and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe discusses how the EU ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy can contribute to the roll-out of sustainable public food procurement policies. Public food procurement allows using government buying power...
The European Public Health Alliance has joined calls for clear and effective policy proposals and legislation, putting zero pollution and health protection at the heart of the European Commission’s flagship European Green Deal, which will be announced tomorrow....
If we heed its outcomes, the new ’The Lancet Countdown 2019’ report provides evidence to transform the health of children born today for the better The climate emergency is undermining the foundations of good health; threatening the food we eat, the air we breathe,...
A joint letter by three leading health organisations to European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans addresses the key role of food consumption in transitioning the food system towards better outcomes for people, planet and economy, and ensuring its...
