Consider health in transitions policy, researchers urge

Rathenau Institute paper points out health implications of transitions in energy and food systems

Health should be considered in all policymaking around ‘transitions’, such as those taking place in energy and food systems, according to two experts.

Sophie van Baalen, a medical technologies researcher at the Rathenau Institute, and Jaswina Elahi, a cultural studies researcher at Utrecht University, who used to work at the institute, wrote an essay on the issue, titled Health in all transitions.