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The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) joined hands with UN-Habitat<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0IQAir<\/a>\u2014a Swiss air quality technology company – to develop the largest real-time air quality databank<\/a>, bundling real-time air quality data for particulate matter (PM2.5<\/sub>) from thousands of initiatives run by citizens, communities, governments and the private sector.<\/div>\n
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The interactive air quality platform – launched at the\u00a0tenth session of the World Urban Forum<\/a>\u00a0in Abu Dhabi, in February 2020 – also allows for individuals to collect data\u2014an approach with a double benefit;\u00a0 a larger amount of individual measurements and a greater public awareness of air quality. In fact, existing pollutant information is often not readily available to the public\u2014an important stakeholder for mitigating health and environmental impacts of air pollution.<\/div>\n
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With millions of users accessing the platform, both individuals and government institutions can use real-time air quality measurements to track local pollution levels, receive customized health recommendation\u2014via the platform or a mobile app\u2014and view commitments to improve air quality from cities around the world.<\/div>\n
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The platform currently receives real-time data from more than 4,000 providers (including governments) and has a following of more than 15\u00a0million users.<\/div>\n
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\u201cProviding real-time data in a simple-to-understand format at this scale is an important step UNEP is taking to fill the data gap,\u201d says Sean Khan, a UNEP expert on air and global environment monitoring systems.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe expect this dataset to grow following the launch and use cases of successes and contributions to the platform to inspire replication. Already, the city authorities of Nairobi, Addis Ababa and Kampala have connected their sensor systems to the platform transforming the continent with just 50 publicly accessible data sources for PM2.5<\/sub>\u00a0to more than 80. This is encouraging,\u201d he adds.<\/div>\n
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Impact of air pollution<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Globally, over\u00a04,2 million premature deaths<\/a>\u00a0per year can be attributed to outdoor air pollution, with the majority occurring in lower- and middle-income countries. The World Bank estimates that\u00a0air pollution exacts an annual toll of $5 trillion<\/a>\u00a0in health and welfare costs and\u00a0$225 billion in lost income<\/a>. That is about equal to the gross domestic product of Japan, the third richest country in the world.<\/div>\n
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The exposure to polluted air seems almost impossible to escape. According to the World Health Organization\u00a09 out of 10 people\u201492 percent<\/a>\u2014breathe air that exceed safe limits. The most affected by toxic air are those living in cities in low- to middle-income countries.<\/div>\n
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Indoor air pollution takes a particularly heavy toll on women and young children, as they are most likely to stay indoors for longer periods of time, where they are exposed to the fumes from cooking and heating. In less developed countries,\u00a098\u00a0per cent of children under five<\/a>\u00a0breathe toxic air. As a result, air pollution is the main cause of death for children under the age of 15, killing\u00a0600,000 of them<\/a>\u00a0every year.<\/div>\n
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With\u00a068\u00a0percent<\/a>\u00a0of the world\u2019s population expected to live in cities by 2050, planned urban development and green policy actions have become a major pillar in mitigating the effects of air quality on human health and the environment.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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