Half the world’s population are exposed to increasing air pollution

Shaddick, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4117-4264, Thomas, M. L., Mudu, P., Ruggeri, G. and Gumy, S. 2020. Half the world’s population are exposed to increasing air pollution. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 3 (1) , 23. 10.1038/s41612-020-0124-2

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Abstract

Air pollution is high on the global agenda and is widely recognised as a threat to both public health and economic progress. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 4.2 million deaths annually can be attributed to outdoor air pollution. Recently, there have been major advances in methods that allow the quantification of air pollution-related indicators to track progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and that expand the evidence base of the impacts of air pollution on health. Despite efforts to reduce air pollution in many countries there are regions, notably Central and Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, in which populations continue to be exposed to increasing levels of air pollution. The majority of the world’s population continue to be exposed to levels of air pollution substantially above WHO Air Quality Guidelines and, as such, air pollution constitutes a major, and in many areas, increasing threat to public health.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	?? VCO ??
Publisher:	Nature Research
ISSN:	2397-3722
Date of Acceptance:	1 May 2020
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2024 08:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170777

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