26 September is World Environment Health Day

26.09.2026, 06:00◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

This year, IFEH calls for a focus on the role of scientists and environmentalists in implementing scientific approaches to preserve healthy ecosystems.

26 September is World Environment Health Day

Every year on this date, World Environmental Health Day draws the attention of the world community to the most acute and painful environmental problems. This aims to draw the attention of both societies and governments to the need to preserve nature, in particular for the safe life of mankind.

EcoPolicy explains what this date is about and why it is dedicated to this year.

IFEH notes that this topic echoes the narrative of the World Health Organization that environmental decisions should be made on the basis of scientific evidence. At the same time, it confirms the recognition of the importance of the role of environmental specialists who help to translate scientific research into practice — regulation, policy, community protection.

Therefore, environmental experts are the bridge that combines science with its actual implementation in tangible measures for people. And it is these measures, which are based on facts and evidence, that can protect us from environmental risks.

Details

Healthy nature is not only about biodiversity or the aesthetics of ecosystems not distorted by human activity. How clean the rivers and lakes from which we receive water, how clean the air we breathe, how clean the soil in which our food grows, depends on the health of each individual and the community as a whole.

Context

This day was established by the International Federation for Environmental Health (IFEH) in 2011.

EcoPolicy has previously reported that pollution can exacerbate mental health problems, including depression and anxiety.

What's next

Each year, the organization determines the topic to which it will be devoted. In 2026, this is "Environmental Health: Together with Science for the Protection of the Community".

At the same time, the prosecutor's office continues to return land with valuable natural complexes to the ownership of the state.