http://www.unep.org/Transport/Airquality WHAT CAN YOU DO? Switch to clean diesel and improved engines for transport and freight Use cleaner-burning fuels Provide clean cooking and heating stoves to rural communities Switch from kerosene lamps to clean lighting technologies like solar lights Have stricter vehicle emissions and efficiency standards Invest in renewable energy Establish, adhere to and enforce air quality standards Ensure industries use clean technologies Prioritize the use of walking, cycling or rapid urban transit over private vehicles Don't openly burn waste Advocate for better air quality: Stop emissions of climate pollutants such as black carbon, ozone and methane to save lives and help reduce global warming by 0.5C 2.6 million in South East Asia and Western Pacific 200,000 in Europe 455,000 in high-income countries Over half of world’s population lives in urban areas; only 12% of cities have air quality measures that meet WHO standards Ground level ozone impacts food security by reducing crop yields by up to 50 million tons each year 236,000 deaths in Eastern Mediterranean 176,000 in Africa 58,000 in Americas 88% in low-middle income countries Financial cost of environmentally related health risks are in the range of 5%-10% of GDP , with air pollution taking the highest toll 3.7 million deaths attributed to outdoor air pollution Each year 7-8 million people die prematurely because of poor air quality AIR POLLUTION: THE BIG KILLER 4.3 million deaths are attributed to indoor air pollution from cooking: this is mostly in low and middle-income countries 600,000 in Africa 200,000 in Eastern Mediterranean 19,000 in high-income countries 81,000 in Americas 99,000 in Europe 3.3 million in South East Asia and Western Pacific 2 million deaths every year caused by respiratory infections because of indoor air pollution; 800,000 of these are children below the age of five DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIR POLLUTION 90 out of 193 countries do not have vehicle emission standards 86% of countries practice open burning of agricultural and/or municipal waste Indoor (household) air pollution caused by cooking stoves, heating and lighting Outdoor (ambient) air pollution caused by emissions from power generation, transport, industrial furnaces, brick kilns, wildfires, agriculture, dust and sand storms More than 3 billion people use solid fuels and open fires for cooking and heating
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http://www.unep.org/Transport/Airquality
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Switch to clean diesel andimproved engines for transportand freight
Use cleaner-burning fuels
Provide clean cooking andheating stoves to ruralcommunities
Switch from kerosene lamps toclean lighting technologieslike solar lights
Have stricter vehicle emissionsand efficiency standards
Invest in renewable energy
Establish, adhere to and enforceair quality standards
Ensure industries useclean technologies
Prioritize the use of walking,cycling or rapid urban transitover private vehicles
Don't openly burn waste
Advocate for better air quality:
Stop emissions of climate pollutants such as black carbon, ozone andmethane to save lives and help reduce global warming by 0.5C
2.6 million inSouth East Asia and
Western Pacific
200,000in Europe
455,000 inhigh-income countries
Over half of world’s population lives in urbanareas; only 12% of cities have air quality
measures that meet WHO standards
Ground level ozone impacts foodsecurity by reducing crop yields by
up to 50 million tons each year
236,000 deaths inEastern Mediterranean
176,000in Africa58,000 in
Americas
88% in low-middleincome countries
Financial cost of environmentally related health risks are in therange of 5%-10% of GDP, with air pollution taking the highest toll
3.7 million deaths attributed to outdoor air pollution
Each year 7-8 million people die prematurely because of poor air quality
AIR POLLUTION: THE BIG KILLER
4.3 million deaths are attributed to indoor air pollution from cooking:this is mostly in low and middle-income countries
600,000in Africa
200,000in Eastern
Mediterranean
19,000 in high-income countries
81,000 inAmericas
99,000in Europe
3.3 million in South East Asia and
Western Pacific
2 million deaths every year caused by respiratory infections because ofindoor air pollution; 800,000 of these are children below the age of five
DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIR POLLUTION
90 out of 193 countries do nothave vehicle emission standards
86% of countries practice open burningof agricultural and/or municipal waste
Indoor (household) air pollutioncaused by cooking stoves,
heating and lighting
Outdoor (ambient) air pollutioncaused by emissions from powergeneration, transport, industrialfurnaces, brick kilns, wildfires,
agriculture, dust and sand storms
More than 3 billion people usesolid fuels and open fires
for cooking and heating
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