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Statement from Sumi Mehta, Senior Epidemiologist, Vital Strategies, on the release of WHO’s Global Air Quality Guidelines
The new World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines emphasize that no safe level of air pollution exists.
UN health agency sets higher, tougher bar for air quality
The harmful health effects of air pollution kick in at lower levels than previously thought, the World Health Organization said Wednesday as it set a new standard for policymakers and the public in the first update of its air quality guidelines in 15 years.
Combating Air Pollution for Clean Air and Blue Skies
Air pollution is a global health, climate and environmental crisis, often disproportionately affecting the world’s most vulnerable populations. Learn how US Agency for International Development works with partners to address air pollution.
Feature: Tackling air pollution and climate justice together
Ananya Roy, a senior health scientist at Environmental Defense Fund and Elizabeth Moses, associate, Environmental Democracy Practice, Governance Center at WRI explain why climate change and air pollution is not only an issue of overlapping emission sources, environmental and cumulative health impacts; it is also an issue of justice and human rights.
Catalyzing Action for Clean Air and the Climate
After its success with improving solid waste and water management, the city of Indore, India has consistently been ranked the cleanest city in that country by the government’s annual Swachh Survekshan survey. Now, Indore is focused on having cleaner skies. Clean Air Catalyst is a new USAID initiative working with Indore and other cities to scale up effective, sustainable solutions to reduce air pollution.
Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: What they are and why they are a big deal
Short-lived climate pollutants are powerful pollutants like methane (CH4), black carbon, tropospheric ozone and other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) that significantly affect climate change.
Vital global initiative will accelerate clean air solutions in cities
City leaders need to urgently identify and accelerate solutions across the world. That’s why the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching a bold initiative – called Clean Air Catalyst – to help cities around the world reduce air pollution by advancing solutions that protect health, promote equitable prosperity and tackle the climate crisis.
Launch of Clean Air Catalyst: Accelerating Clean Air Solutions to Deliver Better Health, Climate and Development Outcomes
The Clean Air Catalyst is a new flagship program of USAID and a global partnership led by WRI and EDF. We are working with communities on the frontlines of the air pollution crisis to accelerate solutions that lead to cleaner, healthier air.
USAID Launches the Clean Air Catalyst Program to Combat Air Pollution
Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched Clean Air Catalyst, a new flagship program to combat air pollution, alongside a global consortium of organizations led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
Q&A: Catalyzing Clean Air Action To Combat Air Pollution
Vital Strategies is a proud partner of Clean Air Catalyst, leading efforts to engage the health sector – a critical component of the collective effort needed to promote clean air action.
New Air Pollution Project Extends Focus on Solutions
With the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) will embark on a new flagship program, Clean Air Catalyst, led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to accelerate clean air solutions in low- and middle-income countries.
In the Distance: Clean Air Post-COVID-19
We need to act now to achieve a healthier clean air future. Air pollution is not only the leading environmental risk for premature death, but a bigger threat to sustainable development than most people realize.