NEWS & UPDATES
COP24: Bicycle Mayor appointed in Katowice to accelerate climate action
Poland’s first Bicycle Mayor appointed at UN Climate Change Summit
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People at the forefront of clean air
Sathya Sankaran Scientists recently released a report which says we have 12 years to…
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Wheels of change: bicycles in the fight against air pollution in Brazil
JP Amaral, 24/10/2018, São Paulo As government Ministers, city mayors and civil society…
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Collaborating on health & climate solutions at the Global Climate Action Summit
by Marcia Walker I’ve just arrived at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in California to represent the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA) - an organisation which has a 10-year history of building broad climate movements and supporting diverse voices and...
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Evening Standard: New LED masks glow in the face of pollution to combat London’s toxic air crisis
Customised LED “light mask” respirators have sensors that collect data and change colour in real time depending on the levels of pollution.
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Cycling growing in popularity in brazilian megacity São Paulo:
Bike To Work Day attracts public and companies as awareness of cycling benefits grows It’s no coincidence São Paulo was the city in which Zoom, described as “Uber for helicopters”, made its worldwide debut late last year. The biggest city in South America (population:...
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Doctors and patient groups launch Unmask My City initiative to clean up Sofia’s air
Brussels/Sofia, 31 May 2018 - A coalition of nine doctor and health organisations has today joined the global Unmask My City initiative, calling for greater urgency in achieving clean air in Sofia. The Bulgarian capital is one of the most polluted cities in the whole...
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Commuter Challenge highlights health benefits of cycling on Bike to Work Day
With support from the Pedal Project and InCor-SP, Bike Anjo challenged two São Paulo residents to commute to work by bike for a month and monitored the impacts on their health May 11, 2018, Sao Paulo - Every year, around 7 million people die of air...
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The Best Prescription on World Asthma Day? Cleaning up Our Air
by Jeni Miller The evidence about the health impacts of air pollution just keeps growing. New studies increasingly show that exposure to even low levels of air pollution – if sustained over the long term – are associated with cardiovascular disease, respiratory...
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Bike to Work Campaign: pushing for active mobility, clean air and a healthier São Paulo
A recent study by pathologist Paulo Saldiva revealed that “the city of São Paulo is obese and suffers from chronic bronchitis”
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UNMASK MY CITY: health professionals call for improvement of the air quality in Tuzla and Lukavac
Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; February 26, 2018 – Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is calling city authorities to clean the air in Bosnia and Herzegovina . Doctors, allied healthcare professionals, and public health practitioners in Tuzla are officially...
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Unmask My City
From sustainable urban transport and active travel initiatives to renewable energy alternatives to fossil fuels, we call for policies and programmes to meet the World Health Organisation’s air quality guidelines.
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Health professionals urge authorities to fight pollution & unmask cities
Air pollution is driving a global public health crisis. It is responsible for one in nine deaths worldwide, and touches everyone given 92% of the human race live in places that do not meet World Health Organisation guidelines. Doctors were pivotal in the...
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Historic climate agreement reflects real world change, protects vulnerable people
195 countries reached across traditional divides today to unite behind the greatest moral challenge of our time and seal the deal on a historic climate accord. The Paris Agreement is an inclusive, ambitious, science-based deal that recognises the urgency and scale of...
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World celebrates Pope’s words as faith groups shift into action
The world is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking encyclical on ecology, “Laudato Si”, and much of those celebrations are focused on taking climate action. In Australia Thursday, four Catholic orders shifted their investments away from...
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