Issue July 2024

Newsletter on climate change and human health in Europe

Editorial

Dear reader, 

Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter! Moving forward, we plan to send you the latest news on the European Climate and Health Observatory and on climate-health policy and action in Europe every 3 to 4 months. If you find our newsletter valuable, please circulate it within your network. And if you think we could do better, share your feedback and contributions for future editions via climate.adapt@eea.europa.eu.

This newsletter is part of our ongoing mission at the European Climate and Health Observatory to enhance Europe's resilience to the health impacts of climate change. We aim to achieve this by offering access to a wide and expanding range of resources on climate-health risks, impacts and responses on the Observatory portal, part of Climate-ADAPT, and by fostering knowledge exchange among stakeholders from the health and climate adaptation sectors.

The EEA team, on behalf of European Climate and Health Observatory Management group

Spotlight

© European Environment Agency

EEA report

Responding to climate change impacts on human health in Europe: focus on floods, droughts and water quality

News from Observatory partners

© Igor Popovic, Climate Change PIX / EEA

European Climate Risk Assessment highlights imminent threats to health

Lancet Countdown Europe report calls for urgent action to protect health of all

© António Tedim, Well with Nature / EEA

Eurofound’s EU PolicyWatch shows socio-economic measures against weather extremes

© Tarmo Selter, Well with Nature / EEA

Copernicus' European State of the Climate report warns of health risks

© WikiImages from Pixabay

ECDC reports increase in mosquito-borne disease cases and outbreaks

© Vesna Špoljar, Climate Change PIX / EEA

EEA briefs on learnings from Climate-ADAPT and Observatory case studies

© EU-OSHA

EU-OSHA joins the Observatory

© Necmettin Kan, Climate Change PIX /EEA

EEA calls for scientific experts

New resources in the Observatory portal

New case studies inspire climate action to protect health 

Climate change risks for children and youth

Insights into climate change impacts on water and health

CAMS four-day pollen forecasts

Health in country reporting under Governance Regulation

More news on climate and health

© Zane Šime, ZeroWaste PIX / EEA

Climate-Health Cluster brief urges action on climate change and health

© Daniel Kusak, My City / EEA

WHO publishes new factsheet on heat and health

© Clorinda Galasso, My City / EEA

LIFE RESYSTAL launches climate resilience capacity check for hospitals

© LIFE programme

2024 LIFE programme welcomes proposals on climate and health

© Judit Bánszki, WaterPIX / EEA

World Bank reports on adaptation responses to urban overheating

© Marco Barretta, Climate Change PIX / EEA

World Economic Forum sees role for private sector in addressing health impacts of climate change

Upcoming events

• 10 July - Heatwave Chronicles: Strategies for resilience in a warming world, online
• 26 September - Extreme Heat Risk: knowledge exchange & innovation event, Brussels
• 12-15 November - European public health conference 2024, Lisbon

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