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Unlocking the secrets of green and blue spaces in supporting long-term wellbeing and mental health
Key publications stemming from The Green and Blue Spaces Project are helping to shape our understanding of the effects of Green and Blue Spaces (GBS) on our mental health and…
Honorary CBE for European Centre of Environment and Human Health founder and research pioneer
The co-founder of The European Centre for Environment and Human Health, which is a pioneering research centre exploring the complex links between human health and the environment, has been awarded…
New innovative tool will help local communities adapt to climate change
An innovative tool that gives individuals and teams the best available evidence in making decisions and identifying actions required to adapt to a changing climate launches today. As the world…
Evidence and investment are needed to ensure green social prescribing supports health and aids nature recovery
A new editorial in the British Medical Journal is calling for more evidence and investment to ensure green social prescribing supports health and aids nature recovery. The piece was authored…
Cornwall awarded nearly £5m to tackle health inequalities in local communities
Nearly £5m has been awarded to form a research collaboration that will help improve people’s health and wellbeing in Cornwall. The University of Exeter is one of a number of…
Local Climate Adaptation Tool features as case study in World Meteorological Organisation State of Climate report
Climate change is bad for health but climate services save lives Climate change threatens to reverse health gains Extreme heat causes greatest mortality of all extreme weather events/ hazards Climate…
The further we are from green spaces the higher the chance of anxiety and depression
One of the largest ever studies into how green and blue spaces affect mental health has found every 360m further a person is from greenness increases their odds of anxiety…
Policy brief to tackle pharmaceutical pollution launched at House of Lords
An Exeter PhD student has helped lead a policy brief on pharmaceutical pollution launched at the House of Lords. Emily Stevenson from the University of Exeter and Julze Alejandre from…
Blue Communities Launches Legacy Website
The Blue Communities programme, funded by the UK Government’s Global Challenge Research Fund from 2017-2022 produced significant outputs and on-going partnerships with researchers in Southeast Asia. The outputs from the…
European Centre for Environment and Human Health – WHO Collaborating Centre status reconfirmed
The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) has been re-designated as a Collaborating Centre by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe for a further four…
Cornish business boost from more than £500,000 of University of Exeter led grants and research
Since 2016, the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) – which is part of the University of Exeter in Cornwall – has supported more than 150 businesses in…
Pioneering research into sensor technology could help identify households at increased risk of mould
A new approach to monitoring conditions inside homes could enable landlords and property managers to make swift interventions in households at risk of mould and fuel poverty. The University of…