Newsletter No 02 – September 2021

14th European Public Health Conference 2021: Public health futures in a changing world

Virtual event from 10 – 12 November 2021

Conference programme is set now. You can check it here. 

EUPHA ENV Section prepared a number of workshops for this EPH conference, see the list below. You are cordially invited to attend and share information.

Wed 10^th                        16:10-17:10         Room A

1.A. – Workshop: Public health, climate change and strategic litigation
EUPHA-LAW, EUPHA-ENV, Global Health Law Groningen (Netherlands), PETRA

Wed 10^th                        17:20-18:20         Room E

2.E. – Workshop: Health in Green Deal and Climate Pact
EUPHA -ENV

Thu 11^th                         9:00-10:00           Room E

3.E. – Workshop: The Role of Digital Public Health in the European Climate Pact and Green Deal
EUPH-DH, EUPHA-ENV, WHO/Europe, Climate Reality Leaders

Thu 11^th               11:30-12:30          Room M

4.M. – Round table: Preparing the climate and health workforce in Europe
ASPHER, EUPHA-ENV

Thu 11^th                         15:00-16:00         Room E

6.E. – Round table: Governance and diplomacy of climate health adaptation: roles for public health community
EUPHA-PHPP, EUPHA-ENV, EUPHA-CHR, EUPHA-PHMR

Thu 11^th                         17:30-18:30         Room E

7.E. – Skills building seminar: (Re)Forming cities due to the COVID challenge: Urban, Environmental & Public Mental Health outcomes
EUPHA-URB, EUPHA-PMH, EUPHA-ENV

Fri 12^th                            9:00-10:00           Room E

8.E. – Workshop: One health approach to gain Youth engagement toward environmental issues
EUPHA-ENV

Fri 12^th    11:30-12:30         Room A

9.A. – Workshop: The contribution of Environmental Impact Assessments to better health
EUPHA-HIA, EUPHA-ETH, EUPHA-LAW, EUPHA-ENV

Fri 12^th    3:50-14:50           Room E

10.E. – Workshop: SDGs as a roadmap for Citizens, Environment and Public Health
EUPHA-ENV

Information: Public Health, Climate Change, and Strategic Litigation webinar

7^th October 2021, 14.00- 16.00 (Brussels); 13.00-15.00 (London)

Registration:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BCwTjs2WREO5KnvY7HmAKA

The Webinar is organised by the Global Health Groningen Research Centre, the UK Faculty of Public Health, the European Public Health Association Law and Public Health and the Environmental Health sections, in collaboration with a range of other partners.

The session will include presentations and panel discussion by distinguished legal scholars, policy makers and public health practitioners exploring the challenges and opportunities for advancing arguments in strategic litigation, in particular its health, environmental and human right dimensions.

The session will provide opportunity to share, reflect and consult on the:

1. Opportunities and trends for strategic litigation on climate change and public health.
2. Opportunities for drawing from health arguments relating to climate change in building legal human rights claims
3. Opportunities for collaboration and strategic partnerships between legal scholars, academics, public health practitioners, advocates and policy makers in tackling climate change
4. And to Learn both from (past) cases and for (pending) climate cases, and how health arguments may be better build and integrated in legal argumentation and advocacy

Further information: Ukpublichealth.ethics@gmail.com

Information: NEW WHO Air Quality Guidelines

The new guidelines provide clear evidence of the damage air pollution inflicts on human health and recommend new air quality levels to protect the health of populations, by reducing levels of key air pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change.

https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/air-quality/news/news/2021/9/forthcoming-new-who-global-air-quality-guidelines-to-strengthen-health-argument-for-climate-action

Our Section will be sharing the news of this comprehensive scientific undertake via twitter Follow us @EUPHA_ENV .

CALL for Special Issue of Sustainability Journal: “Sustainable Built Environment Management and Urban Public Health Outcomes”

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Built_Environment_Urban_Public_Health

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section “Environmental Sustainability and Applications“.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

We are invited you to apply with paper and promote sustainable environment topics.

Information: Climate negotiations COP 26

COP26 is the first UN global climate summit since the start of the pandemic. With health dominating the political agenda, the health community has an opportunity to make a difference to the negotiations if we raise our voices together. Signing the #HealthyClimate Prescription letter is an important step in the global effort for ambitious climate action, but we can do more as the health community to make sure decision makers and the general public understand the critical importance of reducing emissions and addressing climate change.

EUPHA is signed the #HealthyClimate Prescription  

https://healthyclimateletter.net/

https://healthyclimateletter.net/further-action/organization/

https://healthyclimateletter.net/further-action/individual/

Information: LongITools online forum ‘The Clean Air Debate: The Lifelong Impact of Air Pollution’ on Wednesday, 29th September at 17:00 CEST.

Registration: https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/iPAEY0P9PEe8YaBFB46gAw,VGdFDhqoLkm6xfhylzMx0w,y29WLrHtXUKH1JRbhn2CYQ,uK9JXutvOEWFg5K-NOygPQ,Uv3fTdS7dk-hWwgIuab2jg,ffrfRy4RH0OkNKB_mWJ68Q?mode=read&tenantId=6304f088-fd43-473c-bc61-a045078ea003

Follow us on twitter

We are pleased to announce that our Section has a twitter account. Follow us @EUPHA_ENV

to be up-to-date with news and announcement of the Section.

Stay healthy and environmentally friendly,

Dr Vlatka Matkovic, secretary                                                           Prof. dr Marija Jevtic, president

                                                                                                            Dr Peter van den Hazel, vice president

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