Publications and events

The report "Time for action-towards sustainable consumption and production in Europe", summarizes the recommendations of the event on "Sustainable Consumption and Production in Europe" held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, back in September last year. The report emphasizes the necessity to step up efforts towards sustainable consumption and production.
Nearly one hundred experts, representing governments, research institutions, non-government organizations (NGOs), business and international (...)

A new World Health Organisation report concludes that 24% of global disease is caused by environmental exposure and therefore could be avoided.
The figures are even higher when children are concerned as 33% of diseases in children under the age of 5 are of environmental origin.
Entitled "Preventing disease through healthy environments", the report aims to be a comprehensive study of environmental hazards contributing to a wide range of diseases and injuries.
The authors estimate that more (...)

The European Forum of Insurances against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases organises a Conference on Occupational Diseases Linked to Asbestos, in Brussels, 22 June 2006.
Results of a recently published study on occupational diseases linked to asbestos will be presented. Carried out by the European Forum Working Group on occupational diseases, it attempts to provide answers to the following questions:
which diseases are recognised to be involved?
using which criteria?
how many (...)

The European Commission 2006 Green Week, which ran from 30 May to 2 June 2006 focuses on changing people’s behaviour with regard to the preservation of biodiversity.
The Greek Week 2006 Conference Programme looks at key aspects of EU biodiversity policy and potential approaches for strengthening cooperation with stakeholders to ensure the 2010 target is reached. The programme is structured around four main strands:
Biodiversity as a global issue;
The management of natural resources; (...)

A major international conference on mental health was held in Budapest in March 2006.
This conference is part of the project Implementation of Mental Health Promotion Policies and Strategies in EU Member States and Accession countries (EMIP), of which EPHA is a partner. The project is coordinated by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - FIOSH/BAuA (Germany).
The goal of EMIP is to provide national partners and the wider EU membership with opportunities, resources, (...)

The European Environmental Agency (EEA) has issued a report analysing "Household consumption and the environment". It concludes that about one third of households’ total environmental impact is related to food and drink consumption.
Covering 31 European countries, the report structures its assessment of the environmental effects of household consumption into four categories: food and drink; housing; personal travel and mobility; and tourism.
Household consumption has increased and changed (...)

The Green Week 2005 will look at all aspects of climate change and in particular at the human factor. The purpose is to invite and encourage everyone to "think aloud" about how we can all change our environmental behaviour. It is aimed at local, regional and national decision-makers, businesses, non-governmental organisations and the general public.
DG Environment will bring stakeholders and experts together to provide the Commission with the knowledge and views to help us further develop (...)

The European Mobility Week 2004 will take place on 16-22 September in hundreds of cities throughout Europe. European Mobility Week makes people aware that we can change patterns of commuting today and that more sustainable means of transport need to be developed in our cities.
Safe streets for children will be the topic of this year. The objective is to reduce road safety risks for children in cities. Cities are key players in providing safe routes to schools or to playgrounds.
To launch (...)

From scattered data to structured knowledge: towards an integrated European chemicals information system
On 25 October 2004, the European Environmental Agency will organise a workshop aiming to discuss data monitoring and availability of information on concentrations, exposures and effects of chemicals in different natural and urban environments.
More specifically, the purpose of the discussion will be to define which kind of data is needed to provide useful information for a safe (...)

AIRNET, the thematic network on air pollution and health, organises a conference on 21-23 October 2004 in Prague.
The conference will address the question to what extent AIRNET has succeeded in bridging the gap between policy and science. This was one of AIRNET’s goals when it was initiated in 2002.
National and EU policy makers, industry, patient, environmental and health care organisations and researches involved in the field of air pollution and health as well as everyone participating (...)