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Over 30 health groups call to phase out fossil fuels

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The EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC), joined by European and global health organisations, has issued a statement calling on EU policymakers to phase out fossil fuels swiftly. Climate change and air pollution are the greatest environmental threats to health in Europe, and burning fossil fuels is a major driver of both.  Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, and air pollution still results in hundreds of thousands of premature […]

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Letter to EUCO: Health for all: the next EU budget (MFF) as a driver for clean air for all investments

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The EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC) has sent a letter to EU heads of state and government, ahead of a EUCO meeting 19 and 20 March 2026. The coalition urges them to ensure that the next EU budget will help the EU substantially advance towards clean air and the prevention of the major diseases caused […]

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Letter to EP: No contradiction between clean air efforts and measures on the housing crisis

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The EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC) has sent a letter to Members of the European Parliament, ahead of their vote on an own initiative report on Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (procedure file 2025/2070(INI)), specifically regarding amendment 100. Efforts to improve air […]

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Letter to EP HOUS special committee

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The EU Healthy Air Coalition has sent a letter to the European Parliament’s special committee on housing ahead of their voting on an own initiative report on Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing. EUHAC’s letter No contradiction between clean air efforts and measures […]

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EU Healthy Air Coalition call to speed up on reducing and preventing air pollution emissions from all sources

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As the Commission is about to conclude the review of the National Emission Reduction Commitments Directive (NECD), the EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC) urges to decisively address the current slow pace and narrow scope of mandatory reductions of air pollution emissions at the national level.  Specifically, EUHAC is calling to Read the full letter here […]

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EUHAC infographic: It’s time to cut pollutants at all sources

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EUHAC infographic: It’s time to cut pollutants at all sources For UNEP’s International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, theEU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC), which brings together non-profit health expert voices in the EU to advocate for better health for all through clean air, calls to cut pollutants at all sources in a new infographic, […]

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WHO Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health: EUHAC pre-conference event and the call to action

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EUHAC is hosting a pre-conference event ahead of the WHO Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, contributing to the global push for coordinated health action in tackling the air pollution crisis. […]

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