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it’ s toxic: air pollution is linked to 1 in 8 premature deaths around the world.
( world health organisation, 2014)
Breathing polluted air causes heart attacks, strokes and lung cancer. It makes respiratory conditions such as asthma and bronchitis worse.
Air pollution costs European citizens
1.5 billion euros every year.
( world health organisation, 2015)
92 % of the world population are exposed to harmful levels of air
pollution.
( world health organisation, 2016)
Air pollution in the city
What’ s happening to our cities? What’ s the problem with the air we breathe? What could our cities do differently?
And how does it relate to climate change?
Some measures like encouraging biofuels and diesel vehicles are good for reducing carbon emissions but bad for air pollution.
92 % of Europeans think that climate change is a“ serious
problem”.
( eurostat, 2015)
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