More than five decades ago, the Club of Rome warned the world that its natural systems would not be able to support the rates of economic and population growth forever and that indeed there are ’Limits to Growth’. Today, the planetary boundaries keep being pushed...
It was a real privilege to be part of the EPHA representation at the WHO/Europe High-Level Forum on Health in the Well-Being Economy in Copenhagen last week. I often find I do not take enough time from day-to-day pressures to look up and see that my work is part of a...
Article by Paul Belcher, EPHA Special Advisor The fresh mountain air of Gastein brought some welcome new thinking and energising discussions on the theme of “A moonshot for a true European Health Union”, but it also highlighted that some key public health topics...
Or can the European Health Union become a place for people, governments and the private sector to support an economy no longer based on GDP growth? Acutely quiet amidst the perfect storm We are facing an unprecedented existential crisis, there is no disagreement...
When it comes to shaping food systems, people’s food choices can have a big impact. One of this year’s European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) sessions was dedicated to exactly that: exploring the role of citizens in multi-governance efforts to transition to safer,...
