80 Ways to a More Sustainable Future @inheritEU#InheritYourFuture We have pulled together over 80 practices that promote environmental sustainability, health and contribute to health equity in the EU in our INHERIT project’s promising practices database. The database provides actionable sustainable ways to adjust the way we live (green space and housing), move (transport), and consume (food), encouraging behaviour and lifestyle changes. “We hope that what we now refer to as a ‘promising’ practice in the database will soon be considered ‘common’ practice, as we move closer towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. INHERIT’s aim is to normalise the use of active modes of transport for short trips and democratise the availability of good quality green space and healthy food produced in ways that don’t harm the environment and our health”, states Caroline Costongs, EuroHealthNet Director & INHERIT Coordinator. The database was launched on the last day of the United Nations political forum on sustainable development in New York (10-19 July), where delegates met to review the progress that has been made by Sustainable Development Goal signatories regarding specific goals in the Convention, including Goal 3, Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Playing its part in the achievement of these goals, the European Parliament recently adopted a report calling for the European Commission to be more ambitious in implementing the SDGs, and for the exchange of best practice and innovative ideas. In addition, the 6th WHO Europe Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, where INHERIT was presented, recently culminated with the signing of the Ostrava Declaration, committing signatories to action in seven key areas to improve the environment and thereby health. The INHERIT promising practice database supports these international initiatives to promote sustainable development by providing concrete examples of intersectoral actions that enable citizens to live and behave in more sustainable ways. The promising practices reflect a growing understanding that environmental sustainability, health, and equity are interlinked and that action in one of these areas benefits the others, as well as the importance of recognising and maximising these mutual benefits. For further questions please contact Rosa Strube.