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Linking environment and health through the 2030 Development Agenda
An opportunity to accelerate gains in health and well-being
Dr Bettina MenneWHO Regional Office for Europe
Five Features
• Universal
• No one left behind
• Unprecedented scope
• Integrated
• Indivisible
Preventing disease through a healthy environment
European Ministerial Conferences on Environment and Health
Parma, 2010
Budapest, 2004 London, 1999
Helsinki, 1994Frankfurt, 1989
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How can you contribute?Towards the Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health
SDG target 3.9. can only be achieved through joint action across sectors and settings
SDG Target 3.9:
By 2030, substantially reduce deaths/illnesses
from hazardous chemicals and air, water
and soil pollution and contamination
Goal 2: improved nutrition and sustainable
agriculture
Goal 6: clean water and sanitation for all
Goal 7: affordable and sustainable energy for all
Goal 8: sustainable economic growth,
employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: resilient infrastructure and
sustainable industrialization
Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements
inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Goal 14: Sustainably use of resources for sustainable
development
Goal 1: End poverty everywhere
Goal 10: Reduce inequalities within and among countries
AIR QUALITY• For 88% of urban residents the WHO Air Quality Guidelines on
PM are not met
• 482 000 premature deaths/year due to ambient air pollution
• Economic cost estimate of US$ 1.6 trillion
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
WHO AQG = 20 µg/m3
Waste management
• 11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact
of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and
municipal and other waste.
• 12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of
chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance
with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their
release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse
impacts on human health and the environment
• 12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through
prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
Water and SanitationThe unfinished agenda
• 67 million people lack access to functioning toilets.
• 100 million people still lack access to piped drinking-water on their premises.
• More than 6 million still rely on surface water as their primary water source, posing severe risks to health.
• Significant inequalities exist in access to drinking-water and sanitation services; rural dwellers and the poor are the most disadvantaged.
• 10 deaths per day attributable to WaSH in the Region
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsTarget 13.2: integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies, and planning
• 24 European Member States developed climate change plans which include health
• However, only a handful included health in their national determined intended contributions (INDC)
• Significant further work is needed to reduce the health effects of climate change
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsTarget 13.2: integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies, and planning
• 24 European Member States developed climate change plans which include health
• However, only a handful included health in their national determined intended contributions (INDC)
• Significant further work is needed to reduce the health effects of climate change
Clear action points for our cooperation
• Many of the interventions are well known
Means of implementation
• Governance
• One National health and
national development and national environment policies
• Financing
• Partnership
• Measuring and accountability
