strategy
Providing public information on transport sustainable for health and environment
Description:
Public access to the relevant information on transport-related health and environmental risks and broad dissemination of this information should be ensured at the early stages of planning. The public, NGOs, the private sector, municipalities and regions should be encouraged to participate in taking environment- and health-related transport decisions.Provide broad public information on the environmental health impacts of transport and promote public participation in decision-making processes with relevance to transport, land use and infrastructure policies and planning.
Context:
Raise awareness of health-promoting transport and mobility, consumption and production patterns, communicating the benefits of healthy transport through public relations activities and information campaigns and the dissemination of information on transport-related health impacts to the public, important target groups and stakeholders.It is necessary to ensure public access to health-related information on, and participation in, decision-making on transport projects, programmes, policies, plans and regulations, and ensure access to justice in these matters in accordance with the application of the provisions of the [Ã…rhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters] (1998).
It is necessary to develop an information, education and communication strategy to increase public awareness of the different impacts of transport on human health and to facilitate the choice of modes of transport sustainable for health and the environment.
Implementation:
Promote the development and application of: (a) information, education and communication campaigns, including those of international institutions, to raise the awareness among stakeholders and decision-makers of the need for transport sustainable for health and environment; (b) information campaigns targeted at groups using the least environmentally friendly modes of transport.Provide and disseminate national and regional public information on transport's environment and health impacts, and on strategies and tools for transport sustainable for health and the environment, targeting specific population groups.
Broader:
Providing public health informationProviding public transport informationProviding public transport informationIntegrating transport, environment and health policies Constrained by:
Limiting access to informationSuppressing information concerning environmental hazards Facilitates:
Creating appropriate transport systemsInvolving local communities in pollution controlExpanding public awareness of environmental health hazardsRecognizing citizen's rights in relation to the environmentProviding impact information for transboundary air pollutionAssessing health and environment impacts of transport systemsProviding health information and education to vulnerable groupsInvolving local people in raising public awareness on the environmentPromoting cooperation on sustainable transport for health and environmentProviding information about national strategies to control transboundary air pollutionProviding workers with information needed to participate effectively in environmental decision-making Facilitated by:
Improving NGO access to data needed for researchDeveloping community-based environmental information systemsConvening regional conferences on transport and the environmentTransforming environmental information for different user groupsIdentifying vulnerable groups to transport environmental health factorsUsing school children as community focal points for environmental informationDeveloping environmental education materialDeveloping initiatives on electronic links to improve environmental information sharingProviding local communities with environmental know-howEnsuring full and open sharing of environmental information among scientists and decision-makersProviding public information on national needs for scientific and technological environmental programmes Problems:
Environmental hazards from transport systemsHealth hazards of air pollution for children
Inadequate transport planning
Psychosocial effects of transport systems
Suppression of information concerning environmental safety
Subjects:
Information → Information Communication → Communications
Health Care → Health
Government → Public
Environment → Environment
Development → Sustainable development
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
