This week, I joined the 19th meeting of the ENVE Commission of the European Committee of the Regions in Malaga, Spain to deliver a statement on the state of environmental health in Europe on behalf of the European Environment Agency. The statement will support the drafting of an ENVE Commission’s opinion on ‘Green Deal andContinueContinue reading “Representing the EEA at the 19th meeting of the CoR ENVE Commission”
Tag Archives: Environmental Health
New book chapter: EU biodiversity law and its health impacts
In recent years, and with growing intensity since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the concept of environmental health has emerged as a fundamental prism through which to analyse the complex interplay between global health and environmental law. Environmental risks, ranging from soil, water and air pollution to waste management and land use change, are nowContinueContinue reading “New book chapter: EU biodiversity law and its health impacts”
Environmental determinants of health: how can global health governance contribute?
The following opinion piece has appeared, in two different forms, on Sense & Sustainability and in ASviS’s newsletter. According to a 2012 study by the World Health Organization (WHO), environmental factors are directly or indirectly responsible for almost 13 million deaths worldwide, or about twenty-three percent of all deaths. Overall, more than one third ofContinueContinue reading “Environmental determinants of health: how can global health governance contribute?”
Dario Piselli 