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UNEP’s Executive Director, Inger Andersen, highlights three areas we need to focus on to ensure everyone breathes clean air.

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99 per cent of our world is exposed to polluted air causing an estimated 7 million premature deaths every year.

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Responding to the recent UN resolution on the right to a healthy environment, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with Swiss…

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An integrated assessment of air pollution and climate change in Africa is being developed to reduce emissions while maximizing the benefits for…

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What are the impacts of breathing polluted air? How does pollution impact the human body? What are the economic impacts of air pollution?

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The very young and the very old are at greater risk of dying from air pollution.