by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 8, 2019 | Opinion
The new European Commisison will deliver a new EU Zero Emission Strategy, which needs to lead to significant reductions in air pollution, which is a powerful example of why we need European action to tackle cross-border health challenges. Confronting the climate...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 26, 2019 | Opinion
By Nikolai Pushkarev, Policy coordinator, European Public Health Alliance and Susanne Løgstrup, Director, European Heart Network The evidence is clear: to secure a thriving future for people and planet we need to collectively transform our eating patterns towards...
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...
