Establish a national clean air plan to reduce the pollution.
In Cambodia, a national clean air plan is helping to reduce the pollution that has accompanied economic development. Read the full Story on Cambodia paving the way for cleaner air
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Help protect the planet with digital technology and innovation.
UNEP and its partners have embraced a range of digital technologies to accelerate climate action, nature protection and pollution prevention. For many countries around the world, from the US and the UK to China and Japan, July was one of the hottest months since global record-keeping began in the 1800s. The global heatwaves sparked deadly wildfires and displaced thousands of residents from their homes. But as wildfires subside, many countries, especially in Europe, are grappling with air pollution caused by extreme temperatures. The harmful wedding of charred habitats and lingering smoke poses a significant danger to human and environmental health. Research suggests that wildfire smoke and related air pollution causes over an estimated 33,000 deaths annually and impact the health of hundreds of thousands of people. To help tackle air pollutio n, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working with partners to find technology and innovation solutions to promote major stru...
Collective action needed to improve quality of the air we share.
The third edition of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, which stresses the importance of clean air and the urgency to act to improve air quality and protect human health, will be commemorated on 7 September 2022. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 99 per cent of the world is now breathing polluted air. Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to human health and causes 7 million premature deaths annually. The theme for this year’s day is The Air We Share. It focuses on the transboundary nature of air pollution while stressing the need for collective accountability through global, regional and local cooperation. “Air pollution knows no borders and impacts us all, with people living in low- and middle-income countries bearing most of the burden,” said Sheila Aggarwal-Khan, Director of the Economy Division at the United Nations Environment Programme’. “The only way to mitigate the health and economic impacts of this problem is through coll...