Anne Stauffer is HEAL’s Deputy Director, Strategic Lead. She leads HEAL’s activities on climate change, energy and air quality and provides strategic input for HEAL’s organizational development, advocacy and engagement of stakeholders.
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is the leading not-for-profit organisation addressing how the environment affects human health in the European Union (EU) and beyond. HEAL’s over 70 member organisations include international, European, national and local groups of health professionals, not-for-profit health insurers, patients, citizens, women, youth, and environmental experts.
Anne has 20+ years experience on environmental, climate and health issues and has led HEAL’s members and partners advocacy on key policy files including the revision of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD), the 7th EU Environmental Action Programme (7 EAP), the National Emissions Commitments Directive (NECD – on air quality), pesticide and biocide reduction efforts, as well as EU climate mitigation and adaptation policies.
Anne also contributes to various EU funded research projects including UBDPolicy on reducing the urban burden of disease, and CATALYSE on climate change and health.