At London Climate Action Week, Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted the Local Climate Action Summit, bringing together local and regional leaders from around the world to exchange ideas and spur climate...
We are excited to announce the highly anticipated return of the Better Air Quality (BAQ) conference in 2026, which will take place on 11th-13th March 2026 at the UN Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bang...
PLENARY: Forging South-South Partnerships and Accelerating Collective Action on Air Pollution
(ESCAP, UNEP)
We are excited to announce the highly anticipated return of the Better Air Quality (BAQ)...
We are excited to announce the highly anticipated return of the Better Air Quality (BAQ) conference in 2026, which will take place on 11th-13th March 2026 at the UN Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bang...
We are excited to announce the highly anticipated return of the Better Air Quality (BAQ) conference in 2026, which will take place on 11th-13th March 2026 at the UN Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bang...
Air pollution in urban areas, especially Delhi, remains a major concern, with construction and demolition (C&D) activities contributing significantly—56% of PM10 and 38% of PM2.5 emissions. Whi...
Every day, we breathe in the air around us. However, due to the presence of air pollutants, the air we breathe can pose a danger to our health. In 2021 alone, air polluti...
Ein Kratzen im Hals, schwarze Auspuffwolken und feiner Staub auf der Fensterbank: Luftschadstoffe wie Feinstaub und Stickstoffdioxid belasten noch immer unsere Atemluft und führen zu Krankheiten wi...
Alan Dangour, Director of Climate and Health at Wellcome, explains why pollution from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes is a growing threat to people’s health.
He shares how new resea...
Clean air saves lives.
That’s why we’re expanding Breathe Cities with our partners @cleanairfund and @c40cities to include Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Madrid, Spain.
By combining real-time air qual...
Cleaner air, fewer deaths, lower temperatures. Sound good? That's what tackling black carbon could deliver.
Black carbon is a powerful “super pollutant” harming both people’s health and the planet...
Air pollution is the world’s leading environmental health risk.
Its burden falls overwhelmingly on low- and middle-income countries where populations are most exposed and least able to protect the...
What’s the tea? Should rideshare apps offer fragrance-free rides?
Would you use a fragrance-free option on your next @Uber or @lyft if it existed? More people are asking for it – and the chemicals in those car air fresheners could be the reason why. #ewgtea #airf...
...ricity bills.
The new gas plants being built to power data centers emit toxic air pollutants like fine particulate matter, which contributes to smog, and nitrogen oxides, w...
Air pollution is one of the most pressing development challenges globally, with far-reaching impacts on health, productivity, and economic growth. In South Asia alone, nearly one billion people are...
Watch the full explainer here: https://youtu.be/dkotv4UkPd8
Carbon dioxide isn’t the only thing to blame for climate change.
CO₂ is the original villain, but it only accounts for around half of ...
It is in many cases an unseen enemy which is taking its toll on our mental health and proving to be an extra burden on our more vulnerable populations.
In this episode we are talking about air, no...
Air pollution is one of the biggest—and most overlooked—health threats of our time. From asthma and respiratory infections to chronic lung disease, polluted air affects millions of people every day...
“Super pollutants” contribute to about half of global heating. Cutting them could help slow climate change and improve health.
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