The second edition of the BEST-COST newsletter is out! Read the latest updates from the project including the BEST-COST stakeholder survey.
On #WorldCitiesDay 2023, join the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) for a special webinar on the latest evidence on how people’s health in cities is affected by air pollution, noise, lack of green space, climate change, and inequalities, and how policy makers can respond to these health threats.
A new EU-funded research project Urban Burden of Disease Estimation for Policy-making (UBDPolicy), coordinated by ISGlobal, will assess the health and socioeconomic costs of environmental conditions in nearly 1,000 European cities across the EU. It will offer policy recommendations for urban and transport planning, transport, and local environmental policies to improve health.
UBDPolicy aims to facilitate the stakeholder dialogue to strengthen the uptake of health impact assessments in policy making and city planning at all levels.
The Webinar will take place 31 October 10-11am CET. Register here.
The website and social media of the METEOR cluster has launched. The METEOR cluster is a group of Horizon Europe projects exploring the health impacts of environmental stressors. Each project approaches a different aspect of the threat of environmental stressors on human health, with an eye to explore potential solutions. The projects are:
- BEST-COST: Measuring the health costs of pollution through novel research methodologies
- MARCHES: Providing guidelines for EU and national socioeconomic analysis to assess health costs of environmental stressors
- MISTRAL: Using Artificial Intelligence-based predictive modelling for a dynamic and flexible health impact assessment
- UBDPolicy: Improving health and well-being impact assessments of environmental stressors in urban areas
- VALESOR: Increasing understanding of the economic values of environmental chemical stressors in policymaking
To learn more about the individual projects, visit the cluster projects page.
The website will serve as a hub for resources and updates from the cluster and individual projects, from research tools to policy briefings. The website will provide visitors with:
- Tools and publications from both the cluster and individual projects
- Relevant communication and dissemination materials including press releases, newsletters, articles, policy briefs, and online access to brochures.
You can also follow METEOR on LinkedIn to receive the latest updates from the cluster and individual projects. Use the hashtag #MeteorEU to join the conversation around methods to protect our health and the environment.
The first edition of the BEST-COST newsletter is out! In this edition you can read about the kick-off activities of the project, and discover the latest news on air and noise pollution.
