by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 31, 2019 | Opinion
2018 was a crucial year for the campaign to improve European air quality, with the devastating health impact of air pollution dominating to a large extent the public debate. As well as the ongoing fitness check of European air quality legislation, new EU-level...
by EPHA | Dec 18, 2018 | Statements
The European Parliament, Commission and Council have now reached an agreement to cut CO2 emissions from new cars and vans by 15% in 2025 and 37.5% in 2030. Although the deal waters down the ambitious proposal by the European Parliament, the 37.5% cut by 2030 improves...
by EPHA | Dec 17, 2018 | Opinion
The UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice (COP24) saw the release of a new WHO report which found that meeting the goals of the Paris agreement could save almost one million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through air pollution alone. Climate change affects our...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 31, 2018 | Opinion
The inter-institutional negotiations between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission (known in EU jargon as the trialogue) aimed at finalising EU legislation to set mandatory CO2 emission reduction targets for new cars,...
by EPHA | Oct 8, 2018 | Statements
Support the European Parliament decision on CO2 targets Protect public health from transport-related air pollution Dear Minister for the Environment Ahead of tomorrow’s vote at the Council of the European Union on emission performance standards for new passenger cars...
