A partnership between two agencies with complementary missions

Santé publique France and ADEME share a common mission across two complementary fields: creating and promoting behaviors and environments that are beneficial to health and the environment. In this context, inter-agency collaborations have existed for several years, particularly regarding the impact and prevention of outdoor air pollution as well as sustainable food systems. Other shared themes are being explored, such as indoor air quality, climate change, sustainable transportation, contaminated sites and soils, and, more broadly, prevention—the most recent initiative in this area being the Agir pour bébé website.

By formalizing their collaboration, Santé publique France and ADEME aim to strengthen the complementarity and cross-cutting nature of their respective expertise, notably to carry out health and environmental prevention initiatives for the general public. More specifically, climate change and its impacts on the environment and health are driving the development of projects and actions that are integrated into the programming and operations of both agencies.

Approaches integrating health and the environment into the development of prevention solutions and policies

The goal of the partnership signed by Santé publique France and ADEME is to strengthen their cooperation in three areas:

• The development of coordinated actions toward common goals; such as supporting local authorities in conducting quantitative health impact assessments of air pollution

• Mobilizing expertise and solutions in the areas of prevention and awareness-raising, particularly regarding climate change;

• Strengthening collaboration in the context of local initiatives (e.g., contaminated sites and soils, health-promoting urban planning, indoor environments…).