How can we address the challenge of air pollution?
Your latest stories addressing air pollution
The Bee Network
Creating a comprehensive, fully joined up city cycling and walking network.
Manchester
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Health & wellbeing
Power Circle
Making clean energy affordable to all, helping all sections of the community to benefit.
Stirling
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Greater fairness
Energy
Built Environment
Circular Economy
Redbridge Council partnership
Planning and delivering connected community greening projects over three years.
Redbridge
Air pollution
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Planting Healthy Air In Schools
Redesigning playground areas using green infrastructure to improve air quality.
Tower Hamlets
Air pollution
Health & wellbeing
Biodiversity & Nature
Built Environment
Bold Forest Park
Creating and maintaining an area of opportunity for rural investment in the visitor economy.
St. Helens
Air pollution
Biodiversity loss
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Sefton Coast Woodlands
Safeguarding the long-term future of a cherished and economically important landscape.
Sefton
Air pollution
Biodiversity loss
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Think big locally
Take a deep breath: the facts about air pollution in the UK are shocking. Air pollution is one of the UK’s (and the world’s) biggest killers, linked to up to 36,000 premature deaths a year in this country. Breathing in air pollution is especially bad for young children whose lungs are still developing – but we are all affected. Cutting air pollution has direct benefits for our health and on workplace productivity, drives green innovation and the shift to renewables, and should cut congestion by reducing traffic levels. Less localised air pollution would make our cities and towns more attractive places for everyone to live and work.
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Initiatives addressing air pollution
The Bee Network
Creating a comprehensive, fully joined up city cycling and walking network.
Manchester
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Health & wellbeing
Power Circle
Making clean energy affordable to all, helping all sections of the community to benefit.
Stirling
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Greater fairness
Energy
Built Environment
Circular Economy
Redbridge Council partnership
Planning and delivering connected community greening projects over three years.
Redbridge
Air pollution
Biodiversity loss
Food security & supply
Biodiversity & Nature
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Planting Healthy Air In Schools
Redesigning playground areas using green infrastructure to improve air quality.
Tower Hamlets
Air pollution
Health & wellbeing
Biodiversity & Nature
Built Environment
Bold Forest Park
Creating and maintaining an area of opportunity for rural investment in the visitor economy.
St. Helens
Air pollution
Biodiversity loss
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Sefton Coast Woodlands
Safeguarding the long-term future of a cherished and economically important landscape.
Sefton
Air pollution
Biodiversity loss
Health & wellbeing
Land Use, Food & Agriculture
Biodiversity & Nature
Slow Ways
Inspiring people to walk between Great Britain’s towns and cities.
UK
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Health & wellbeing
Norwich Car-Free Day
Showing, for a day, how Norwich could be with vastly fewer cars: quieter, safer, and cleaner.
Norwich
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Health & wellbeing
Car-Free School Streets
Making streets outside schools free from cars for pupils at the start and end of the school day.
UK
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Health & wellbeing
Anti-Idling Toolkit
Putting a stop to idling engines in local neighbourhoods.
UK
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Health & wellbeing
WOW Year-Round Walk To School Challenge
Encouraging more children to walk to school on a regular basis.
UK
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Health & wellbeing
Community Street Audits
Evaluating the quality of streets and spaces from the viewpoint of the people who use them.
UK
Air pollution
Carbon emissions
Health & wellbeing