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Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of @CleanAirLondon, has championed @WHO #AirQuality Guidelines to protect public health and the climate since 2006
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https://cleanair.london/ 13-06-2009 17:36:02
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The deadly combination of Dr Maria Neira and Dr.Arvind Kumar and their commitment to fight for clean air always leaves me in awe and inspiration. #CleanAir #PHAM2024 thanks Dr Jemilah Mahmood for bringing them together!
“Clean-up of Indian coal-fired power plants ‘could have saved 720,000 lives’
Researchers say early deaths may have been avoided over 10-year period if technology installed. Excellent piece by Gary Fuller. World Health Organization (WHO) theguardian.com/environment/20…
#LondonMarathon | Our #CleanAirCities app shows concentrations of particulate matter and ozone at your current location. Tap the 🛎️ in Home for daily forecasts. Free to download from the app stores: tinyurl.com/CAICapple and tinyurl.com/CAICandroid. More tinyurl.com/CAICapp
#BanWoodBurning | Energy efficiency – ecodesign requirements for local space heaters (review) ec.europa.eu/info/law/bette…
The UK’s emissions are now 53% below 1990 levels, while GDP has grown by 82% - don't anyone try to tell me decoupling emissions from the economy is impossible. And no, it's not because of imports: the collapse of primary industry was largely over by 2000.
carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-em…
Big news today World Bank ‘Clean Air for a Livable Planet’ event
MIGA announced $1 billion of financial guarantees for air quality projects. Fantastic to see large sums of money allocated to clean air action
Junaid Kamal Ahmad Gina McCarthy Helen Clark Soumya Swaminathan Arunabha Ghosh
#BanWoodBurning | Energy efficiency – ecodesign requirements for local space heaters (review) ec.europa.eu/info/law/bette…
More lives are cut short in London due to toxic air than in any other English region, with #AirPollution contributing to 4,000 premature deaths in our capital every year. ☁️
Find out why Londoners are calling for a #CleanAirMayor 👇
globalactionplan.org.uk/clean-air/clea…
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Air quality is too important to ignore. Needs different levels of government to work together to address it. Shashi Verma from TfL writes about how London cleaned its air. theprint.in/opinion/this-i… Our Common Air CEEW CSEINDIA MoEF&CC Smart Cities Mission NITI Aayog
At the Clean Air for a Livable Planet event World Bank:
‘Do not believe when somebody tells you there is no money for air quality. The same countries that say they have no money are putting huge amounts into fossil fuel subsidies’
Juergen Voegele
Helen Clark Arunabha Ghosh
LAUNCHED! The OnLondon guide to elections for #London Mayor & Assembly 2024 by me and Lewis Baston. Thrilled to be supported by top comms consultancy Lowick (@kevinmckeever). Fab design by We are Hutch. And it's free! onlondon.co.uk/launched-the-o… #London Elections2024 #London Mayor
Have you heard of One Health❓It’s a relationship between humans, animals, plants & the environment. It relies on the understanding of how human actions & policies could affect animal, plant & environment health & how it impacts humans as a result. ➡️bit.ly/40oYtHz
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Londoners who have the most to lose from #AirPollution are often the least likely to be creating that pollution themselves ☁️
Watch this video to find out why Londoners are calling for a #CleanAirMayor 👇
youtu.be/u9-x28semXs?si…
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