The European Commission and the European Environment Agency launched on Thursday 4 March a new European observatory to “understand, anticipate and minimise the health threats caused by climate change”, such as those caused by extreme weather events and biodiversity loss, the emergence and spread of new infectious diseases or threats to food and water safety.
This ‘European Climate and Health Observatory’, foreseen by Commission’s recently adopted climate change adaptation strategy (see EUROPE 12665/4), specifically aims to pool and strengthen knowledge, expertise and tools on climate change-related health challenges through an online platform.
It is also worth noting that the EEA published on the same day a report produced with Lancet Countdown (a global collaboration of academic institutions and international agencies) which highlights the main health impacts of climate change and the opportunities to reduce climate-related health risks through adaptation policies.
See the report: http://bit.ly/3riC2kS (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)