Researchers are starting to integrate AI, IoT and big data into current air pollution monitoring systems to improve accuracy, efficiency and affordability.

Both air pollution and climate change are mainly caused by burning fossil fuels - and they share many of the same solutions.

Poor air quality is bad for our health, planet and economies. Here are alarming statistics and facts about air pollution.

In Warsaw and the wider Masovian region, rapid urban growth paired with insufficient public transport infrastructure has fuelled an increase in vehicle traffic, leading to significant transport-relate...

Community air quality monitoring equips groups disproportionately affected by air pollution with the evidence to demand policy change.

Air pollution has been formally recognised as a cancer risk in Europe for the first time, after being added to the European Code Against Cancer. The update appears in the fifth ed...

Cecilia Vaca Jones joins Clean Air Fund as new Executive Director for Breathe Cities. With decades of experience in social development and environmental policy, Cecilia will scale data-driven solution...

Community air quality monitoring equips groups disproportionately affected by air pollution with the evidence to demand policy change.

Air pollution is a public health emergency. Improving air quality can improve the health of billions of people around the world.

With support from the Clean Air Fund, Vital Strategies has partnered with city governments to assemble a set of case studies showcasing real-world examples of how engagement with public health organis...

Wildfires continue to frequent news headlines around the world. This spike in wildfires is a product of the climate crisis and land use changes. According to the EU Commission, both the 2022 and 2023 ...

Investors drive corporate action on sustainability issues. This guide explains how to invest capital and direct companies to clean air.

Experts have raised an alarm over the growing public health risks posed by worsening urban air pollution in Nigeria, warning that toxic

Poor air quality is bad for our health, planet and economies. Here are alarming statistics and facts about air pollution.

Imagine having no idea what's in the air you breathe. This is the reality for many communities worldwide. But it doesn't have to be this way. Open data – information that anyone can freely access and use – is transforming how we understand and tackle ai...

Air pollution across major cities in Ghana continues to rise, with new findings showing harmful fine particles far above safe health...

A new study suggests that growing up in households reliant on solid fuels such as coal, wood and plant waste may have lasting consequences for brain health, with measurable cognitive impairment emergi...

Scientists with NOAA and NASA have ranked this year’s ozone hole over the Antarctic as the fifth smallest since 1992 — the year that the Montreal Protocol, a landmark international agreement to phase ...

Cars that emit fumes closer to pavement result in pedestrians experiencing 40% more pollution

Air pollution is a global public health emergency. Journalists must emphasize health equity, economic loss and systemic bodily harm.

Air pollution can significantly undermine the health benefits of regular exercise, according to a new global study.

Air pollution is now the world’s second leading cause of early death — right behind high blood pressure. In 2023 alone, it claimed 7.9 million lives globally, including more than 32,000 in Ghana, wher...

A practical guide helps development finance institutions to integrate clean air into their investments and development projects.

Air pollution disproportionately impacts women’s health and contributes to climate change, which exacerbates inequalities.

Air pollution is a public health emergency. Improving air quality can improve the health of billions of people around the world.

Dirty air results in staggering health care costs and reduces businesses' productivity. Cleaner air will help build stronger economies.

From classrooms to community halls, Johannesburg’s Youth Air Champions are turning knowledge into action, leading a movement that is redefining what youth-led environmental leadership looks like - and...

Worldwide, more than 90 percent of children breathe polluted air every day. Children are especially vulnerable to air pollution – due both to their physiology, and to the type and degree of their expo...

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A group of nine counties made a key commitment to tackle major sources of emissions from the super pollutant black carbon at the recent COP30 climate change summit.

The recent G20 leaders' declaration notes the importance of tackling climate change and addressing the risks from air pollution. Leaders also endorsed the historic G20 Cape Town Declaration on Air Quality from October.   The G20 has said that cleaning o...

With just two weeks to submit a plan for cutting black carbon emissions in the Arctic, International Maritime Organization member states - led by Arctic governments - should take the lead from a high-...

Check out the latest news articles, research, insights and efforts to tackle air pollution around the world.  The recent Lancet Countdown on Climate and Health report emphasised how cutting air pollution can save lives – with cleaner energy preventing 1...