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World Bank report says Pakist­an has yet to adopt measur­es to cut urban air pollut­ion 0SHARES Share Tweet Email PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s urban air pollution is among the worst in the world. The horrific impact of air pollution is causing more than 20,000 premature deaths among adults and almost 5,000,000 cases of illness among children each year, according to the World Bank’s report titled, ‘Cleaning Pakistan’s Air: Policy Options to Address the Cost of Outdoor Air Pollution’. “Pakistan is [one of] the most urbanised countries in South Asia, and it is undergoing rapid motorisation and increasing energy use… Air pollution, particularly in arge urban centres, damages the population’s health and quality of life and contributes to environmental degradation,” the report states. Smoking, air pollution behind surge in COPD It mentions that the concentrations of particle pollution — or … [Read more...] about Some 20,000 premature deaths linked to air pollution

News / UK and world by Press Association June 20, 2019, 12:03 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Food ordering app Deliveroo is to hand out free air quality masks to its delivery riders and the public in a bid to improve cyclist protection against air pollution as the company marks Clean Air Day. More than half of the app’s 25,000 UK riders use bicycles to make deliveries. Deliveroo said it would hand out the masks – made by the Cambridge Mask Company – to riders in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, before making them available to the cycling general public later in the summer. The scheme aims to raise awareness around air pollution and healthier cycling. Deliveroo director of policy Emma Simmonds said: “Deliveroo riders are at the heart of everything we do and we want to support them however we can. “Riders are out in the community and on the roads every day bringing people their favourite meals. We … [Read more...] about Deliveroo to hand out free air quality masks on Clean Air Day

MOTORISTS could soon be charged to drive through some of UK's major cities. Stricter regulations were introduced this week in central London to help encourage drivers to use more environmentally-friendly motors. Drivers are now being charged to travel through the capital as a part of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, which operates 24 hours a day. But other major cities are considering adopting the regulations to help reduce pollution. Leeds and Birmingham are set to introduce similar programs next year, while several other councils are debating if they should roll out their own clean air zone. What are clean air zones? Clean air zones (CAZs) are areas where the local government has implemented tighter regulations to improve air quality. The restrictions have been implemented after the Supreme Court ordered ministers in 2015 to take urgent action to reduce air pollution across the UK. But there are two different types of clean air zones - charging and non-charging. You will be forced to pay … [Read more...] about All the locations in the UK where you’ll be charged for driving in clean air zones – find out how much you’ll have to pay

Goose Green Primary School will launch its new ‘Walking Bus’ to tackle the toxic air pollution in East Dulwich on next month’s Clean Air Day 2019. Held on June 20, Clean Air Day aims to raise awareness about the dangerous levels of air pollution choking the UK and encourage everyone to take action. Goose Green, like many primary and nursery schools in London, is on a busy main road and has seen pollution spike during drop-off and pick up times. Although an engine-idling ban is in place across the borough, one of the school’s long-term aims has been to get more kids walking to keep more cars off nearby roads. To make this easier for parents and safer for children, teachers have come up with the idea of a ‘walking bus’ – with the added benefit of upping the kids’ exercise count. Children will walk to school in a stream of pairs with adult volunteers ‘driving’ and ‘conducting’ the bus as they travel the same route … [Read more...] about Clean Air Day 2019: Goose Green Primary launches ‘Walking Bus’

As people begin to become more aware of the dangers of air pollution, Londoners are keen to reduce their own exposure in as many ways as they can. Studies highlighting the human consequences of air pollution have shown that the average person in the world loses two years of life expectancy due to dirty air – making it more important than ever that we protect ourselves wherever possible. Future London spoke to Global Action Plan, the masterminds behind Clean Air Day, for their top advice on how to cut your exposure to air pollution: 1) Cut down on car journeys – walk or cycle instead, or use technology to cut out journeys Traffic is the largest contributor to air pollution.  And sitting inside a vehicle exposes you to double the amount of air pollution than walking/cycling the same route.  Half of car journeys in the UK are under five miles, and in London a third of journeys are fewer than two miles. So walking or cycling is an option for many people. And … [Read more...] about Global Action Plan advice on how to breathe cleaner air