Link of WHO s Environment & Health Process with SDG s Isabel De Boosere

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1 Link of WHO s Environment & Health Process with SDG s Isabel De Boosere Source pictures: Isabel De Boosere & WHO

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3 DECLARATION OF THE SIXTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH Ostrava, Czech Republic June 2017 Outcome of Conference = Ostrava declaration with its annexes: Annex 1. Compendium of actions for the implementation and monitoring of the Sixth Ministerial Declaration Annex 2. Institutional framework for the European Environment and Health Process centre/events/events/2017/06/sixth ministerialconference on environment and health/documentation

4 Burden of disease in WHO Regions environment related disease burden in million deaths annually in African Region deaths annually in Region of the Americas deaths annually in Eastern Mediterranean Region 1.4 million deaths annually in European Region 3.8 million deaths annually in South East Asia Region 3.5 million deaths annually in Western Pacific Region Environmental risks take their greatest toll on young children and older people attributable to unhealthy environments/en/

5 Putting the Ostrava declaration into practice Through enhancing national implementation, we will strive to make a difference for our citizens. To this effect, we will develop national portfolios of actions on environment and health by the end of 2018, as standalone policy documents or parts of others, respecting differences in countries circumstances, needs, priorities and capacities. These portfolios will draw on Annex 1 to this Declaration, which is a compendium of possible actions to facilitate its implementation, focusing on the following areas:

6 Priority areas a. improving indoor and outdoor air quality for all, as one of the most important environmental risk factors in the Region, through actions to meet the values of the WHO air quality guidelines in a continuous process of improvement; b. ensuring universal, equitable and sustainable access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene for all and in all settings, while promoting integrated management of water resources and reuse of safely treated wastewater, where appropriate; c. minimizing the adverse effects of chemicals on human health and the environment by: replacing hazardous chemicals with safer alternatives, including non chemical ones; reducing the exposure of vulnerable groups to hazardous chemicals, particularly during the early stages of human development; strengthening capacities for risk assessment and research to secure a better understanding of human exposure to chemicals and the associated burden of disease; and applying the precautionary principle where appropriate; d. preventing and eliminating the adverse environmental and health effects, costs and inequalities related to waste management and contaminated sites, by advancing towards the elimination of uncontrolled and illegal waste disposal and trafficking, and sound management of waste and contaminated sites in the context of transition to a circular economy;

7 Priority areas e. strengthening adaptive capacity and resilience to health risks related to climate change and supporting measures to mitigate climate change and achieve health cobenefits in line with the Paris Agreement; f. supporting the efforts of European cities and regions to become healthier and more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable through an integrated, smart and healthpromoting approach to urban and spatial planning, mobility management, the implementation of effective and coherent policies across multiple levels of governance, stronger accountability mechanisms and the exchange of experience and best practices in line with the shared vision established by the New Urban Agenda; g. building the environmental sustainability of health systems, and reducing their environmental impacts through such means as efficiency in the use of energy and resources, sound management of medical products and chemicals throughout their life cycle and reduced pollution through safely managed waste and wastewater, without prejudice to the sanitary mission of health services. + continue to complete the unfinished Parma agenda, especially its time bound targets

8 Recitals Link with SDG s in the Ostrava Declaration We recognize that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlights critical and inseparable links between development, environment, human health and well being, and the economy as central to the attainment of a wide range of human rights, including: the rights to life; the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; an adequate standard of living; safe food, drinking water and sanitation; safety; and clean soil and air, which are key to promoting just, peaceful, inclusive and prosperous societies today and in the future; We recognize that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Health 2020, the European policy for health and well being, commit us to coherent multisectoral strategies that emphasize system wide and equitable preventive policies to improve environmental health conditions, and keep in mind the consequences for the social determinants of health, particularly amongst the least privileged in the Region;

9 Link with SDG s in the Ostrava Declaration We will use the European environment and health process as an established intersectoral and inclusive process and platform for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and for contributions to the strategic planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and reporting of progress made towards the objectives of this Declaration. We will measure and report on progress towards the implementation of our commitments using national reporting on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and their targets.

10 Link with SDG s in the Ostrava Declaration Annex I 3. The compendium of action fully takes into account that: (b) working through the European Environment and Health Process, Member States can make sustained progress in achieving a number of selected targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as in implementing Health 2020, particularly with respect to Creating supportive environments and resilient communities and Improving health for all and reducing health inequalities ;

11 Opening speech WHO Regional Director : Welcome to the era of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its goals. Adopted in 2015, they are the expression of our collective determination to eradicate poverty, heal and secure our planet and our future without anyone left behind. Its universal applicability, the comprehensive and integrated nature of its goals, means that we have only one way of succeeding: by working in partnerships, sometimes non traditional partnerships, across sectoral and government boundaries.

12 Opening speech WHO Regional Director: this is the first time that a Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health is jointly organized with our key partners in the United Nations family, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Environment Programme. This is far from symbolic: it reflects the need for the United Nations system to walk the talk in implementing the Agenda for Sustainable Development, harmoniously pushing forward towards our goals across a variety of mandates and responding to your clear expectation to see us working together and effectively supporting the implementation of the agenda equally shared by the health and environment sectors.

13 WHO = custodian of some SDG s

14 But intersectoral action for health

15 Example air pollution: clean energy, urban planning, transport, industry, waste management, etc Links with SDG s 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13

16 Example Link urban environments (SDG 11) & health (SDG 3)

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18 To do: Belgian National Portfolio + NEHAP III WHO Regional Committee Resolution Ostrava Declaration on Environment and Health Resolution Roadmap to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, building on Health 2020, the European policy framework for health and well being More info? topics/environment and health centre/events/events/2017/06/sixthministerial conference on environment and health