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Pollution without borders

A healthy environment is a human right, but air pollution has no regard for borders; smoke from one country chokes the air of neighbouring nations much the same as its own. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

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Air pollution is linked to 1 in 9 deaths globally. Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air on September 7, 360info is exploring solutions.

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Pollution without borders

Air pollution is linked to 1 in 9 deaths globally. Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air on September 7, 360info is exploring solutions.

Environment
The devastating effects of acid rain in the 1970s were the impetus for a multinational agreement on air pollution : Lovecz (Wikimedia) Public domain

Air pollution has no respect for borders. Regional agreements can only go so far. The world needs a global agreement.

International Day of Clean Air

Tackling air pollution at a global scale

Air pollution has no respect for borders. Regional agreements can only go so far. The world needs a global agreement.

Environment
Chromium air pollution threatens to cast a dirty blanket over the region if something is not done soon. : ‘Mountain View’ by thienzieyung is available at https://tinyurl.com/bdf7k8hs CC BY 2.0

A turn to sustainable development could help stop rich countries offshoring their pollution to poorer countries.

International Day of Clean Air

The pesky problem of offshoring pollution

A turn to sustainable development could help stop rich countries offshoring their pollution to poorer countries.

Environment
People from disadvantaged neighbourhoods have a higher risk of being hospitalised with asthma. : US CDC CC4.0

Emissions that meet air-quality standards still cause illness and early death. Planning decisions need to help drive down exposure.

International Day of Clean Air

There’s no safe level of air pollution

Health
In South Asia, Bangladesh and India have the largest share of total premature deaths attributed to fossil-fuel combustion. : Sumita Roy Dutta CC-BY-SA-4.0

Together, satellite data, atmospheric-chemistry modelling and ground-based monitoring could help mitigate the South Asian air-pollution crisis.

International Day of Clean Air

Science can clear the air for pollution policymakers

Health
The human right to clean air is difficult to enforce. : Maruf Rahman/Pixabay CC 2.0 Maruf Rahman

Air pollution is an international problem. Domestic and international laws could work together to combat it.

International Day of Clean Air

Laying down the law on air pollution

Environment
Smoke from forest fires pollutes populated areas without regard for international boundaries : NASA Earth Observatory NASA Earth Observatory/Flickr CC 2.0

Governments, civil society and the international community need to work fast as the dry season approaches and smoke haze returns in Southeast Asia.

International Day of Clean Air

Borderless haze threatens Southeast Asia

Law
Fixing air pollution in Jakarta will require big changes in the transport sector. : UN Women/Ryan Brown UN Women/Ryan Brown

The Indonesian capital’s air quality is already bad. Emissions from vehicles commuting from its fringes worsens the situation.

International Day of Clean Air

Fixing Jakarta’s commuter pollution problem

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