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08/05/2026

🌍 How is your organisation replacing PVC in healthcare?

Through the PVC-free Healthcare project, in collaboration with Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJSupport), Darmstädter Kinderkliniken Prinzessin Margaret and BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle are actively substituting medical devices containing PVC (polyvinyl chloride).

Together with our partners, we are exploring alternatives to PVC, while promoting practices that prioritise patient safety and environmental health. These two hospitals are demonstrating that PVC does not need to be the default choice, setting a strong example for the wider healthcare sector.

To build on this momentum, we are now looking for more inspiring examples from across Europe. If you have:

✅ Examples of switching to PVC-free alternatives
✅ Case studies or pilot projects
✅ Research, data, or evaluations
✅ Lessons learned, challenges, and success factors

We want to hear from you!

Your contributions can be featured in upcoming publications and webinars to inspire others across Europe. We are especially interested in examples from German-speaking countries, but welcome submissions from all regions.

📩 Share your experience at europe@hcwh.org

08/05/2026

🇬🇧 In London for London Climate Action Week? Host an exhibition stand at CleanMed Europe's in-person opening day

Benefit from a unique opportunity to boost visibility, engage directly with industry leaders, and forge meaningful connections that drive impact and growth. Stands are strategically positioned to ensure your organisation is highly visible and accessible to key decision-makers throughout the event.

Why partner with CleanMed Europe?

✅ Unrivalled brand exposure
✅ Thought leadership opportunities
✅ High-impact networking

🏢 The venue: 15Hatfields, a modern, purpose-built conference venue in the heart of London’s South Bank, designed with sustainability and accessibility in mind

👥 Our audience: senior leaders and decision-makers from major European health systems, sustainability experts, healthcare professionals, innovators, suppliers, and procurement leaders shaping the future of sustainable healthcare

🗓️ 23 June: in-person opening day
🗓️ 24-25 June: conference continues online

🔗 Visit our sponsorship page to see our complete offer: https://cleanmedeurope.org/sponsorship-and-supporters/

📧 Ready to join us? Email Amélia Silcock: asilcock@hcwh.org

04/05/2026

🌿 How can healthcare protect babies from harmful plastics from the very start of life?

In the third episode of GOSH Pods Goes Green, Josephine Frame, our Green Perinatal Clinical Officer, shares the vision behind Born Green Generation – our flagship initiative working to reduce babies’ exposure to plastics and toxic chemicals during their first 1,000 days 🚀

In the discussion, she joins the Born Green Generation implementation team at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Charity – Nicola Wilson, Alice Knight, and Imogen Stringer – to explore how this vision is becoming a reality in hospitals across Europe and the growing momentum for change in maternity and paediatric care.

🎧 Tune in to hear about:

✅ Why reducing plastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals in healthcare matters now
✅ How sustainability can strengthen perinatal care beyond carbon reduction
✅ The realities of driving change in busy clinical settings
✅ The growing movement of healthcare professionals leading the way

Born Green Generation aims to help protect 5 million babies before the end of this decade by helping create safer, healthier, and more sustainable healthcare systems – starting where life begins.

Listen here: https://goshpods.castos.com/episodes/goshpods-goes-green-s3-episode-3-the-born-green-generation-project

04/05/2026

🩺 Voiko lääkärin etiikka ulottua koko planeettaan? 🌍

Uudessa blogissamme Ilmastolääkärit-verkoston kirjoittajat tarttuvat isoihin kysymyksiin planeetastamme, terveydestä ja vastuusta. Avausteksti haastaa pohtimaan, voiko lääkärin velvollisuus enää rajoittua yksittäiseen potilaaseen – vai ulottuuko se kaikkeen elämään?

👉 Lue blogi: https://lsv.fi/2026/05/minne-laakarin-etiikka-ulottuu

26/04/2026

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26/04/2026

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The collapse of global ecosystems poses a high risk to the UK’s national security and prosperity, government intelligence leaders have warned. A new report, Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security ,1 says that the “severe degradation or collapse” of ecosystems presen...

26/04/2026

En bra artikel med rubriken ”Stora brister i vårdens klimatanpassning”.

25/04/2026

The window for decisive health action in the face of climate change is narrowing.

This is the clear warning delivered by the 2026 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change in Europe.

Climate change is already harming health across Europe – from rising heat-related deaths to the spread of infectious diseases – and the response is not keeping pace.

But here's the real problem: health is still not at the centre of climate policy.
Case in point: engagement on the health nexus is declining – out of more than 4,000 speeches in the European Parliament in 2024, only 21 mentioned the link between climate change and health.

This gap is slowing action at a time when we need it most.

That’s why, earlier this month, we joined partners in calling on the European Commission to act.

👉 Read our joint letter calling for an urgent EU Climate & Health Strategy: https://europe.noharm.org/resources/open-letter-european-commission-calling-urgent-release-eu-strategy-climate-and-health

A dedicated EU strategy is essential to integrate health into climate action, strengthen resilient low-carbon health systems, and protect people from escalating risks.

Climate action is health action – it’s time policy caught up with the evidence.

Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
Global Climate and Health Alliance

25/04/2026

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Bara i Europa kopplas extremvärme till följd av klimatförändringar till 62 000 dödsfall under 2024. En ny stor forskningsrapport pekar på ett högt pris för vår klimatpåverkan.

23/04/2026

Building resilient healthcare systems requires a dual approach:

1️⃣ Reducing emissions (mitigation)
2️⃣ Preparing for climate impacts (adaptation)

Focusing on only one is no longer enough in a rapidly changing climate. Resilience is built by tackling both at once: mitigation to slow the crisis, and adaptation to ensure healthcare systems can withstand the consequences already impacting human health.

That’s why HCWH Europe supports healthcare systems to advance both. Explore our two flagship resources to support any healthcare institution in taking action to build resilience:

🔹 The Healthcare Decarbonisation Toolkit, to learn how to manage a facility's greenhouse gas emissions: https://europe.noharm.org/resources/hcwh-europes-healthcare-decarbonisation-toolkit
🔹 The Practical Guide to Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems, to learn how to develop an adaptation plan for healthcare: https://europe.noharm.org/resources/practical-guide-building-climate-resilient-health-systems

Both are designed for decision-makers shaping the future of healthcare.
Share this with leaders in your organisation and encourage them to enact change.

👉 The climate crisis won’t wait. Equip your institution with the tools to act on mitigation and adaptation today.

23/04/2026

I dag torsdag den 16 april marscherar Sverige för klimatet och vår gemensamma framtid. Klimatmarschen slår rekord på fem olika sätt, skriver 35 undertecknare inför den stora klimatdemonstrationen i Stockholm.