Sustainability of research and effectiveness of interventions in the field of environment, climate and health relies on the availability of solid infrastructures, development of new robust and innovative technologies, an adequate legal framework and availability of expert human resources. Those are the global objectives of RG5 which will build on existing infrastructures and resources in … Read more
Dear all, We would like to invite you to the upcoming WHO webinar on “Environmental health inequalities – evidence for action”, which will be held on 19th October from 10.30-12.00 CEST (English only). The event will present recent work on EH inequalities in the WHO European Region, but also make some linkages to the relevance … Read more
We are inviting you to read our newsletter that showcases our two new outputs – the first HERA publication “The COVID-19 pandemic and global environmental change: emerging research needs” that was taken up by a peer reviewed journal Environment International and is now available online and also an opinion paper that HERA consortium provided to … Read more
Quantifying the health, social and economic impacts of environmental factors, families of factors, events and policies. Health impact assessment is the ultimate and often overlooked step of environmental health research. Health impact assessment studies are at the interface between science and decision making and it is a crucial step to help society decide if and … Read more
The consultation to gather views of citizens on the Roadmap tp EU Action Plan “Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil” was opened until 29 October 2020 made our HERA consortium to comment. What did we emphasise? We outlined that the upcoming EU Action Plan “Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, … Read more
Programme 1) Welcome and introduction Moderated by Robert Thaler, THE PEP Chair, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of Austria WHO Regional Office for Europe representative United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 2) Equitable transport and health during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Prof. Harry Rutter, Global Public Health, … Read more
Human consumption and production activities are damaging our global ecosystems and the resources, and systems that we rely on as a species for health, wellbeing and survival. Our economies are largely based on ‘take-make-consume-dispose’ models that impoverish our basic global resources at an unprecedented rate, destroying biodiversity, generating pollution which is leading to climate change, … Read more
Addressing global change and health issues requires transformational change, both in research approaches and in action. The key requirements of this comprehensive transformation are grounded in the crosssectoral conversion of the global and of national societies and economies compulsory, in order to avoid irreversible changes in global ecosystems, biodiversity and the climate, including the respective … Read more
1.1 Drivers of the SARS-CoV-2 emergence. Understanding the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle (where, when and why it circulates) is a question that requires additional research. While this will also appear in the medium/long term research needs, it seems important to better understand the contribution of animal/human proximity urgently to take appropriate action for example on land … Read more
2.1 Understanding the population burden and identifying populations at risk – Harmonizing cohort studies and surveys across the EU. Many countries are basing their assessments on clinical case series and ad hoc data collection. They are also considering using available cohorts as well as new survey panels. It is critical to harmonize the studies to … Read more