Sheffield’s DPH discusses their Clean Air Zone, one year on
WEBFeb 27, 2024 · Paul Day. Paul is the editor of Public Sector News. On the first anniversary of Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone going live, Greg Fell, Director of Public Health, Sheffield City Council has been explaining the purposes of the Zone and explaining what else the council are doing to improve air quality in the city. Last month we reported on early data….
Air pollution’s disproportionate impact on ... - AirQualityNews
WEBJan 9, 2023 · Air pollution is not evenly distributed, and its impact disproportionately affects minority ethnic and low income communities. Those most likely to live near busy arterial roads, motorways, and transport hubs. Proximity to other pollution sources, like industrial sites, is also often too close for comfort. A comparative lack of green assets ...
World Air Quality Report 2022 finds only six countries met WHO ...
WEBMar 15, 2023 · The 5th annual IQAir World Air Quality Report, which reviews air quality data from 7,323 cities across 131 countries, has found that only Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, and New Zealand met the World Health Organisation guideline for PM2.5.. Despite the apparently widespread source of data, the 30,000 air quality monitoring stations which provided information are not equally ...
This is the most advanced interactive map of UK air pollution ever ...
WEBMay 4, 2022 · A tool that has been touted as the most advanced street-by-street map of UK air pollution levels has launched, allowing citizens to locate their home and receive a full breakdown of the types of air pollution identified in their area. The Address Pollution resource was created by the Central Office of Public Interest (Copi) and Imperial College ...
CO2 affects human health at lower levels than previously thought
WEBJul 10, 2019 · Exposure to carbon dioxide (CO2) poses direct risks to human health at lower levels than previously thought, research has found. Reviewing current studies on the subject, American academics concluded that exposure to ambient CO2 in indoor environments can have harmful effects on the human body at much lower levels, causing health problems such as inflammation, reduced cognitive performance and ...
Plants and trees ‘not the solution’ to air pollution in cities
WEBJul 30, 2018 · Vegetation will not solve the whole issue of air quality in the UK, a report has suggested. According to ONS, whose report was put together by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, an estimated 1.4 billion kg of air pollutants were removed by natural vegetation in 2015 — saving a potential £1 billion in avoided health costs. However, the ONS ...
99% of London exceeds WHO air pollution limits
WEBJan 25, 2021 · Despite these significant improvements, the researchers highlighted that levels of air pollution are still too high. 99% of London does not meet World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended limits for PM2.5 which adds to the growing evidence and cross-party consensus that these limits should be included in the Environment Bill as a legally binding target to be met by 2030.
Five airports emit more CO2 than the whole of Sweden
WEBOct 1, 2021 · Europe’s five biggest airports release more CO2 than the entire Swedish economy, a new airport tracker shows. The tracker, created by ODI, Transport & Environment and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), uncovers, for the first time, precisely how much CO2 is released from …
Climate change refugees: the landmark case of Teitiota v New …
WEBDec 23, 2020 · In this landmark case, the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) ruled, for the first time, that expelling an individual to a place where they may be exposed to life threatening risks due to the adverse effects of climate change could violate the right to life. In 2013, Ioane Teitiota (the claimant) and his family left their home on the small atoll ...
Air pollution and infertility: the next global crisis?
WEBJun 21, 2021 · In a groundbreaking study published last July in the Lancet, researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics found that across the world, fertility rates have nearly halved from 4.7 in 1950 to 2.4 in 2017. In this study, the authors explain that age is one of the main reasons for these falling birth rates.
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