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In each podcast episode, EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, talks about its activities to ensure safe food. EFSA walks you through the science behind the assessment of risks from the farm to the fork and discusses with experts what goes on behind the scenes at EFSA

Dorset is a county in South West England on the English Channel Coast. The Dorset heathlands cover an extensive area of South East Dorset, fragmented by urban development and other land uses

Climatic conditions across Europe are becoming more suitable for emergence and transmission of climate‑sensitive infectious diseases. Zika is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitos

XDI is urging all governments to check for high risk hospitals in their region and conduct further analysis to understand and reduce this risk.

This report by EPHA, the European P ublic H ealth A llianc e, elaborates on h ow public health should bridge justice gaps, break silos and promote health co-benefit s. It outlines the current climate-health crisis and the needs to address this challenge with a clear focus on social, international and intergenerational justice

A Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a plan developed by a country’s Ministry of Health as part of the NAP process. HNAP development is critical for: ensuring prioritization of action to address the health impacts of climate change at all levels of planning; linking the health sector to national and international climate change agendas, including an increased emphasis on health cobenefits of mitigation and adaptation actions in other sectors; promoting and facilitating coordinated and inclusive climate change and health planning among health stakeholders at different levels of government and across health- determining sectors; and enhancing health sector access to climate funding

COACCH (CO-designing the Assessment of Climate CHange costs) is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and carried out by a   consortium of 13 European organisations . The final objective of COACCH is to produce an improved downscaled assessment of the risks and costs of climate change in Europe that can be accessed directly for the different needs of end users from the research, business, investment, and the policy making community

Extreme climatic events that are likely to become more frequent owing to global warming put additional stress on critical infrastructures with typically long life spans. However, little is known about the risks of multiple climate extremes on critical infrastructures at regional to continental scales

The overall aim of the HERA project is to set the priorities for an environment, climate and health research agenda in the EU. Research is expected to support decision-making at all levels and to help attaining the ultimate goals of protecting and improving ecosystem quality and human health

The CLEFSA project helped to build on previous experiences of climate change-related risk assessments and a strong network with national and international partners, the scientific community and other stakeholders on emerging risks and their drivers. CLEFSA looked at issues identified in the context of EFSA’s   emerging risks identification process

Human health and well‑being are intimately linked to environmental quality. This has been recognised for decades amongst policymakers in Europe, and as a cornerstone in the European Commission's 7th Environment Action Programme. This report, produced jointly by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), outlines a number of environmental issues with a direct influence on people's health and well-being and is a follow-up and update to the 2005 EEA/JRC report.

The Joint_SECAP Project reflects the necessity to operate at a wider district level and better define strategies and actions for climate change adaptation, especially for those weather and climate changes and hydrogeological risks affecting coastal areas. It aims to develop a  a common methodology for the definition of Joint Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs) focused on sharing knowledge on climate change adaptation strategies and mitigation measures

Diadromous fish (shads, lampreys, eel, salmon, trout and mullet) are migratory, moving between fresh and marine waters. Through their journey, they provide ecosystem services (e

An integrative, landscape management approach incorporating socioeconomic and climate change scenarios is critical to ensure the delivery of benefits from investments in Blue and Green Infrastructures (BGI) to meet the 2020 EU biodiversity targets and sustainable development in the Atlantic Region. ALICE aims to develop an integrated approach considering the relationships between human activities (social and economic aspects), ecosystem service provisioning and coastal and terrestrial biodiversity

Even though Slovenia is a small country in the middle of Europe, it is important to know how heat-waves affect the population’s health. For effective targeting of measures, it was important to identify the most vulnerable population groups in the national context. Thus the specific goal of the study was to identify vulnerable subgroups by pre-existing diagnosis, sex and age group in order to target public health prevention efforts effectively.

The ENA database is the world´s largest, non-commercial pollen database provides long-time data series, tools as well as basic data for pollen information services, EU projects and scientific studies.

This factsheet highlights how climate change is intensifying the frequency, intensity, and geographic reach of heatwaves and wildfires, posing a direct threat to human health and well-being. The lethal combination of rising temperatures and air pollution has led to a global rise in heat-related morbidity and mortality, especially affecting vulnerable populations

This factsheet highlights how mobile health applications have been developed to extract local weather information, assess heat and cold stress, air quality, and provide information about the risk of forest fires. Climate change mobile health tools provide valuable health benefits by offering personalized advice on how to cope with environmental conditions and weather extremes, raise awareness about heat stress, air quality, and forest fire risk, and thereby enhance individuals’ well-being and health

Public health measures are needed to protect the health of current and future generations. In this  policy brief , ENBEL , a European project aimed at connecting health and climate change research, focusses on the disproportional climate change impact on the health of children, who bear the greatest burder of climate-sensitive diseases, including diarrhoeal disease

The objective of NEFERTITI is to establish an EU-wide highly connected network of demonstration and pilot farms designed to enhance knowledge exchanges, cross fertilization among actors and efficient innovation uptake in the farming sector through peer-to-peer demonstration of techniques on 10 major agricultural challenges in Europe, contributing to a more competitive, sustainable and climate-smart agriculture. 10 interactive thematic networks have been created, bringing together 45 regional clusters (hubs) of demo-farmers and innovations actors: advisors, education, NGOs, researchers, industry and policy makers

Heat negatively affects human health. Age, pre-existing medical conditions and social deprivation together with working and living conditions co-determine the vulnerability of people and the severity of adverse health outcomes

People over 65 years of age, particularly those with chronic medical conditions (such as diabetes and heart, lung and kidney disease), are among the most vulnerable to the health effects of heatwaves. Their exposure to heatwaves can lead to negative health outcomes

In 2015, countries committed to limit global warming to "well below 2°C" as part of the landmark Paris Agreement. 5 years on, global carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise steadily, with no convincing or sustained abatement, resulting in a rise in the global average temperature of 1·2°C

This Joint Value Proposition by UNDP and WHO on addressing climate change and health in the Europe and Central Asia region provides an overview of key thematic and programmatic entry points toward strengthening national health adaptation and mitigation capacities. Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide, and the risks toward good health continue to grow

The aim of the Econnect project is to visualize the probable effects of climate change on the aquatic environment in the Gulf of Bothnia. That will be done by producing a comprehensive map of future distribution scenarios of underwater biotopes and keystone species by applying geographic modelling methods

It is increasingly evident that climate change is having significant impacts on marine ecosystems and dependent fisheries. Yet, translating climate science into management actions and policies is an ongoing challenge

While significant government resources need to address the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, climate change and biodiversity loss remain urgent global challenges. This policy paper focuses on understanding how Nature Based Solutions (NbS) can be fostered, replicated and scaled up in cases where they provide a physically effective and cost-efficient alternative or complement to grey infrastructure in limiting and managing the current and future impacts of climate change, focusing on water-related risks. It will highlight how NbS may also support a greening of the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

The iSCAPE project aims to integrate and advance the control of air quality and carbon emissions in European cities in the context of climate change through the development of sustainable and passive air pollution remediation strategies, policy interventions and behavioral change initiatives. The project addressed the problem of reducing air pollution at target receptors with an innovative SME-led approach, focusing on the use of 'passive control systems' in urban spaces

CLAiR-City has categorised emissions and concentrations of air pollution, carbon footprints and health outcomes according to citizens' behaviour and daily activities in order to make these challenges relevant to how people choose to live, behave and interact in their urban environment. Through an innovative engagement and quantification toolkit, the public involvement required to enable citizens to define a set of future city scenarios to reduce their emissions was stimulated to support and inform the development of tailored city policy packages up to 2050

SAFERPLACES project aims to support better informed flood hazard and risk evaluation by further development and demonstration of an efficient and scalable risk mapping and assessment service for urban areas.  In addition, the projects aims to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialog and identification of suitable strategies for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation