Transcript 21-22 April 2008 – Rome

First meeting of the Task Force
on Extreme Weather Events
Contribution to the Fifth Ministerial
Conference on Environment and
Health – Italy 2009
Benedetta Dell'Anno
Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea
Department for Environmental Research and Development
Division V - Environmental Research and EU Policy
Coordination
First meeting of the Task Force
on Extreme Weather Events
From Frankfurt to Rome: 20 years of
Environment and Health Ministerial
Conferences (1989-2009)
To build bridges between the health and
environment sectors in dealing with the
impacts of environmental problems on
human health
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 1989 Frankfurt MC: adoption of the European Charter on
E&H and establishment of the WHO European Center on
E&H
 1994 Helsinki MC: adoption of E&H Action Plan for Europe
and establishment of European E&H Committee (EEHC)
 1999 London MC: legally binding Protocol on Water and
Health (to the Convention on the Protection and Use of
transboundary watercourses and international lakes) and
European Charter on Transport, Environment and Health
 2004 Budapest MC: endorsement of the Children’s E&H
Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE) and Ministerial
Declaration
 2009 Italy…….
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Vienna - June 2007: Intergovernmental Midterm Review
IMR Recommendations
 to keep the Budapest commitments and to further implement
the CEHAPE
 to address the needs of other vulnerable groups besides
youth and children
 to address social inequity in environment and health as well
as the gender issue
 to focus on the special needs of the NIS and SEE countries
 To promote working with new stakeholders (local authorities,
private sector etc)
 To improve and strengthen the communication with the
public
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……and to focus and prioritize the topics
in the next phase such as:
Climate change
Economic implications of the burden of
disease arising from environmental factors
(e.g. cost of inaction)
Health in all policies [..Rome Declaration Dec 07..]
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The role of the EEHC in the pan-European E&H process
The EEHC is an international committee made up of MS, WHO,
UNECE, EC (DG Sanco+DG ENV), EEA, OCDE, NGOs etc.
responsible, inter alia, for steering the preparations of the
Fifth Ministerial Conference on E&H
Bonn meeting – EECH decisions (October 07):
high level preparatory meetings+ smaller drafting and technical
meetings to assess the progress in CEHAPE implementation
and to gather and discuss the priorities identified by MS
Elected Chairpersons: Mr Iversson for Health sector (Norway)
and Mr Clini for Environment sector (Italy)
Milan- First High level Preparatory meeting (March 08)
Second High level Preparatory meeting to be held in Spain (Autumn 08)
Third High level Preparatory meeting to be held in Germany (Spring 09)
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Milan - March 2008: EEHC Conclusions
Climate change as a framing issue, global as
well as regional
National contributions to the process
Strengthen integration between H&E policies
in adaptation strategies
Side event on protocol water and health at
the 2009 Conference (? tbd)
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Which contribution of this task force towards the
Fifth Ministerial Conference on 2009?
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Thanks for your kind attention..
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