Breathe Cities
@BreatheCities
A global initiative supporting cities to cut their air pollution and climate emissions by 2030.
Convened by @CleanAirFund, @c40cities and @bloombergdotorg.
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Over 40% of cities have #AirPollution over 7 times higher than World Health Organization (WHO)’s recommendation - meaning their residents are breathing polluted air that can cause a cascade of health issues.
Find out what we're doing to tackle air pollution in cities.
➡️ bit.ly/42d5cFw
We're aiming to cut air pollution by 30% by 2030 in cities around the world 🌍
This $30m initiative is a partnership between Clean Air Fund, C40 Cities and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
➡️Find out more: bit.ly/BreatheCities
Cutting air pollution by 30% in participating cities would prevent:
🏥39,000 premature deaths
🫁 79,000 new cases of asthma in children
🌫️284 Megatonnes of CO2e emissions
Find out more about Breathe Cities: bit.ly/BreatheCities
Bloomberg Philanthropies Clean Air Fund C40 Cities
Being exposed to #AirPollution for even a few hours or days claims more than one million lives per year according to a new study by Monash University.
Asia accounted for over 65% of global deaths due to short-term air pollution exposure.
bit.ly/3IuGuYk
How do you photograph air pollution? 🤔📸
Alastair Johnstone from Climate Visuals explains on #ClimateCuriousPod .
buff.ly/49H8dkj
Clean Air Fund
Great to see that @mayoroflondon has announced the first healthcare-targeted #AirPollution alert of its kind in the UK.
London is one of 11 cities taking part in Breathe Cities, an initiative to cut air pollution by 30% by 2030 and prevent nearly 40,000 premature deaths.
Breathe Cities aims to reduce #AirPollution by 30% by 2030 by:
✅Expanding the availability of local air quality data
✅Engaging communities on air pollution
✅Providing technical policy assistance to local governments
✅Sharing learnings between cities
breathecities.org
We are delighted that Vumile Senene will be leading national efforts to tackle air pollution and supporting Breathe Cities in #SouthAfrica from the new Clean Air Fund office in Johannesburg.
Breathe Cities Accra Strategy Consultation Workshop ended a few hours ago. It has been an awesome session with 65 city officials and civil society members in attendance. This engagement has given alot to unpack and also inform the strategy for Accra. Clean Air Fund Breathe Cities
There is a major lack of accessible and captivating images of #AirPollution and the communities affected
📣 We've teamed up with Climate Outreach to launch a library of 200 free images to authentically portray the communities most impacted by dirty air ⤵️bit.ly/49nwkUC
Marginalised groups are disproportionately hit by #AirPollution . But this invisible inequity issue doesn't get enough attention from the media, public and politicians.
📢 ICYMI: Our free image collection with Climate Visuals portrays the communities most impacted by dirty air ⬇️
We must do more to improve air quality in urban areas.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), #AirPollution is expected to contribute to a 77% increase in cancer rates by 2050 compared to 2022 levels.
Read more: bit.ly/4bn97DX
Babies exposed to air pollution in the womb are at higher risk of suffering from severe respiratory illnesses.
This concerning new research drums in the urgency of tackling the high levels of #AirPollution in cities. bit.ly/3ucxhQG
An ambitious new clean air policy from Poland aims to replace half the country's coal and wood household furnaces/boilers with electric heat pumps or natural gas.
The promising policy could dramatically improve #AirQuality , saving over 2k lives a year. bit.ly/3u9X3Fl
#AirPollution is a multi-layered crisis. It harms our health, contributes to the climate crisis and damages our economies.
Warsaw joins the Breathe Cities cohort, taking bold action to clean up its air. bit.ly/3v7v5Ks Rafał Trzaskowski Warszawa
Over 40% of cities have #AirPollution over 7 times higher than WHO’s recommendation, meaning their residents are breathing dangerously polluted air that can cause a cascade of health issues.
Find out what we're doing to tackle air pollution in cities.
➡️ bit.ly/42d5cFw