She/her. Occupational therapist + @LSESocialPolicy graduate. Planetary health & social justice enthusiast, now @cphp_berlin. Views are my own. 🏳️🌈🌱
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Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
Gemeinsam mit Expert:innen diskutieren wir am 23.5. von 10.30 - 12.30 Uhr beim deutschen Launch Event des neuen Lancet Countdown Berichts zu Klimawandel und Gesundheit in Europa, was die Ergebnisse für Deutschland bedeuten.
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“Costs of #AirPollution caused by Europe’s largest industrial plants are substantial, averaging between EUR 268 to EUR 428 billion per year, the EEA analysis shows. In 2021, these costs corresponded to about 2% of the EU’s GDP.” #AAQD – at Berlin, Germany
📢#Airpollution from large European #industry continues to cause significant damage to the #environment, climate and people’s #health. Join our next #EEAAskanExpert 🎙️LIVE Q&A on our EEALinkedIn page when we discuss this important issue: dk.linkedin.com/company/euro…
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
🏭Air pollution 🚛
@ep_environmentMEPs led by @javilopezEU & @BasEickhout strike deal with @EU2024BE & @VSinkevicius to reduce air pollution in the EU in order to achieve a clean and healthy environment for European citizens.
Press release⤵️
europarl.europa.eu/news/en/p…
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
Critical insights shared by @DestaLakew that less than 10% of research on climate & health is based in Africa in 2022.🌍
Only 14.5% of funding in African-related climate research flows to institutions in Africa vs. 78% to institutions in Europe & US.
#EUClimateAndHealth
Enlightening 2 days - great that health impacts of #ClimateCrisis are prominent on the agenda of DG R&I, DG SANTE & DG CLIMA, WHO & Co. @cphp_berlin will continue to work on that translation of science into policy for effective & just mitigation & adaptation #EUClimateAndHealth – at Brussels, Belgium
A packed conference rooms discusses #EUclimateandhealth for 2 days, @DrMariaNeira reminds us: We are expecting a very important decision on the EU‘s revised #AmbientAirQualityDirective #AAQD tomorrow. Crucial to better protect Europeans‘ health & save lives!
George Thurston @nyugrossman brings this link between transition away from #FossilFuels towards cleaner air & better health to the point:
PLUS: Implementing measures to achieve WHO‘s #airquality guidelines ASAP is an important #ClimateAdaptation measure given that #AirPollution amplifies heat-related mortality & health risks, Kristin Aunan @CICERO_klima argues. #AAQD
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
Neue Luftqualitätsdaten des @umweltbundesamt zeigen, dass viele Menschen in Deutschland von gesundheitsschädlicher #Luftverschmutzung betroffen sind. Die von der @WHO empfohlenen Grenzwerte werden mehrheitlich überschritten.
Zu den Daten: tinyurl.com/njnprmmn 1/3
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
🚨 Scientists show delay to EU #AirQuality rules could mean an extra 327,600 premature deaths over 10 years.
The revision of the Ambient Air Quality directive (#AAQD) is nearly done. But EU environment ministers want to push through delays.
➡️bit.ly/3HIfdRK
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Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
😷 No one is immune to PFAS pollution — not even #EU leaders
🩸 @Green_Europe & @chemsec tested top officials and found that all of them carry #PFAS in their bodies
⏰ A wake-up call for policymakers to implement stronger chemical regulations #BanPFAS
eeb.org/high-level-european-…🧵
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
🚨 Europeans are concerned about the air they breathe.
🚗💨 New official @EU_Commission numbers show that Europeans are not satisfied with the #AirQuality levels in their cities.
🍃 The message is clear: people want #CleanAirActionNow! ow.ly/me8S50QuIIU
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
Neue Vorschriften gegen #Greenwashing: Das 🇪🇺-Parlament verbietet künftig irreführende und vage Bezeichnung wie „klimaneutral“ in Produkbeschreibung. ❌ ✈️ Dazu gehören auch Aussagen zu Emissionsausgleichen von z.B. Flügen oder Handy-Tarifen.
In a big win against greenwashing, the European Parliament have voted in new rules to restrict vague labels like 'carbon neutral'. Often claims that the climate impacts of products like coffee, phones or flights have been 'offset' are misleading.
brnw.ch/21wGabr
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
Kinder aus einkommensschwachen Haushalten sind am stärksten von verschmutzter Luft betroffen - das zeigt eine neue Studie. Der @EUCouncil verzögert die Bekämpfung von Luftverschmutzung und nutzt die Revision der Luftqualitätsrichtlinie bisher nicht, um Gerechtigkeit zu stärken.
Air pollution is a social justice issue. Children from low-income homes are
1) more vulnerable at birth & hospitalised more often
2) more likely to seek respiratory care if overexposed to pollution in their first year of life.
Read the full report at:
drees.solidarites-sante.gouv…
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
Evidence grows of air pollution link with dementia and stroke risk theguardian.com/environment/…
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
Pioneering initiative at @GreatOrmondSt in London encourages doctors to consider #AirPollution levels when diagnosing illnesses.
Patient files now include average annual air pollution rates based on their postcodes to help families understand the risk ⤵️ bit.ly/4aJdmco
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
Die Bundesregierung will im#Bundeshaushalt 17 Milliarden einsparen, belastet werden vor allem Menschen mit geringem Einkommen. Dabei verzichtet der Staat Jahr für Jahr auf gute 100 Milliarden Euro Steuereinnahmen von Superreichen, schreibt @mfratzscher. trib.al/MdErajW
Dorothea Baltruks retweeted
#PlanetaryHealth in all Policies? Superwichtig für eine gesunde Zukunft innerhalb planetarer Grenzen.
Morgen starten wir schon mal mit #PlanetaryHealth in all Inboxes 📬: Jetzt schnell anmelden für das #PlanetaryHealthUpdate, dem neuen CPHP-#Newsletter
👉 bit.ly/3NxEktB
Disappointing that the #CSDDD deal doesn’t address the #climate & #biodiversity impacts to the extent that was foreseen in the original proposal.
Helpful summary & analysis of the key points: – at Berlin, Germany
🚨#CSDDD deal
Early this morning, EU co-legislators struck a political agreement.
The EU #DueDiligence law is a milestone, but the journey to fight against corporate impunity is far from over yet
🗞️Our Press Release w/takeaways from the political deal corporatejustice.org/news/pr…
ALT ECCJ Press Release. CSDDD political deal: A pivotal step but a missed opportunity to embrace transformative change.