BACKGROUND
The world today marked the fourth International Day of Clean Air for blue skies with calls to build multistakeholder partnerships, bolster investment and embrace our shared responsibility to address air pollution. Over 99 per cent of people on Earth breathe polluted air, which causes an estimated 6.7 million premature deaths a year and serious health impacts. In 2019, the United Nations General Assembly designated 7 September as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. The Day – whose observance is facilitated by the UN Environment Progamme (UNEP) – stresses the importance of clean air and the urgent need for efforts to improve air quality to protect human health.
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) invites you to view the article “Battling an Invisible Killer” which highlights the problem with air pollution and some strategies we can use to mitigate some of the impacts in efforts to achieve a future with clean air for blue skies. Click HERE to access the article.