The Environment and Health Group (EHG), founded in 2005 within South East European University, conducts research and develops programmes that strengthen environment-and-health awareness, partnerships and policy at regional and global levels.
Within EHG, this work assesses the existing nexus between spatial planning and climate change in the Western Balkans, identifies the gaps in current frameworks and provides recommendations for mainstreaming climate considerations into national policies.
The aim is to support more resilient territorial development and a lower carbon footprint across the region — informing planners, ministries and municipalities as they update strategies, master plans and zoning instruments.
Alongside this, EHG continues parallel work on air-quality monitoring, exposure assessment and the public-health impacts of environmental change, building an integrated evidence base for healthier, more resilient cities.