7 September 2021 We need healthier air for a healthier planet

Air pollution is a multifaceted problem – representing the world’s leading environmental risk to health and costing the globe an estimated $8.1 trillion in 2019 , 6.1 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). By KARIN KEMPER

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Air pollution is a multifaceted problem – representing the world’s leading environmental risk to health and costing the globe an estimated $8.1 trillion in 2019 , 6.1 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). Air pollution is also deadly, causing or contributing to heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases and killing an estimated seven million people every year – with about 95 percent of these deaths occurring in low- and middle- income countries. COVID-19 is only making matters worse, with research finding links between air pollution and COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. Read more...

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يساعد برنامج الأمم المتحدة للبيئة ستة بلدان تقع على طول الممر الشمالي على خفض تلوث الهواء وتقليص انبعاثات الغازات المسببة للاحتباس الحراري.

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تعرف على المزيد حول مشكلة تلوث الهواء، وأهمية نقاوة الهواء و#لنعمل_معاً_من_أجل_تنقية_الهواء قبل اليوم الدولي لنقاوة الهواء من أجل سماء زرقاء.