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With our partners – AirQualityAsia, The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College, and with support from the Clean Air Fund – we set out to identify the most successful and practical actions that can improve health by reducing air pollution and impact climate change. Because very little analytical data is ...
Ella died at the age of nine in 2013. Ella is the first person in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate, after a UK coroner’s inquest concluded that illegal levels of air pollution from the traffic near her London home contributed significantly to her acute asthma.
The health impact of air pollution is devastating, with tiny, invisible particles of pollution infiltrating our lungs, bloodstream and bodies. These pollutants are responsible for about one-third of deaths from stroke, chronic respiratory disease and lung cancer, and one-quarter of deaths from heart attacks, the UN says.
Cities worldwide are increasingly taking action to counter air pollution. 50 cities participating in C40's Cities Clean Air Accelerator and 35 cities from C40’s Green and Healthy Streets Accelerator are committed to launching innovative strategies and bold initiatives to clean their air and protect the wellbeing of residents.
Abid Omar, who founded the Pakistan Air Quality Initiative, a non-profit group that publishes data about air pollution and its health impacts, agreed that a broad approach is needed. "We have to reduce air pollution at the source, be it industry, agriculture, urban waste or transportation. This will require time, money and planning," he admitted.
Around 4.2 million people die prematurely due to indoor air pollution, according to the World Health Organization. Indoor air pollution is a big problem in developing countries, where people often burn wood, coal, dung, or other solid fuels indoors for cooking and heating.
Cities can use lower-cost sensors and mobile monitoring to estimate air quality improvements brought about by interventions, or actions to reduce air pollution. With Breathe London data, we examined the impact of the ULEZ on air pollution and found a 25% drop in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels at monitoring sites inside the zone near roads.
For some Londoners, exposure to toxic air is the equivalent of smoking 150 cigarettes a year. Most of London’s air pollution is from road transport. London's Mayor has implemented several measures to reduce emissions. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone, new buses, electric taxis, more cycle lanes, and road closures have helped improve air quality.
Clean Air Fund and Dalberg Advisors challenged this narrative by asking: how would solving air pollution benefit Indian businesses? Drawing upon big data analytics, a primary survey and existing literature, our report, Air pollution in India and the impact on business, illustrates how reducing air pollution will increase economic growth.
Almost always, solutions to air pollution require long term, locally-led efforts that navigate complex local political, social, and economic circumstances. Like many complex problems that require long term locally-led solutions, international funding support has flagged.