EU countries call for stronger action to prevent climate change health hazards
(VOVWORLD) - 20 of the EU's 27 members on Monday urged the EU to increase its surveillance of the threats to health and healthcare systems posed by extreme weather, to help countries prepare.
They urged the EU to draft plans for infections of zoonotic and climate-sensitive vector-borne diseases, and strengthen its early warning and response system when disease-spreading vectors are detected.
EU health ministers will discuss the issues at a meeting next week. The EU is currently drafting its first climate risk assessment, due to be published next year, as a basis for future policies to cope with climate hazards like heatwaves and wildfires.