For proper monitoring and implementation of the global conventions, transparency and availability of information from the key actors involved is important.

Artists are known to take inspiration from the world around them. So it’s no surprise that some have begun shining light on one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time—air pollution.

Chile owns the biggest fleet of electric buses in Latin America and the Caribbean today. The 200 e-buses hit the road earlier this year in the capital city, Santiago, as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce air pollution. By 2040, Chile aims to convert its public transport system to an all-electric fleet.

As a global movement to tackle air pollution gathers pace, innovators are rising to the challenge, unveiling products and technologies that remove some of the dangerous toxins that are seeping into our lungs and accelerating climate change.

By Hugh Weldon, 2018 Young Champion of the Earth for Europe

We don’t talk much about air pollution.

But we should, because the air we breathe is slowly killing us.

Public transit passengers in Indonesia’s capital may soon notice a new green addition to their commute.

In line with Governor Anies Baswedan’s vision to make Jakarta one of the greenest cities in the world, the Transjakarta Bus Rapid Transit System is rolling out a trial programme of electric buses on certain routes in the city.

If you’re staying in California, United States for longer than it takes to appreciate San Francisco, your next stop is likely to be Yosemite National Park. Immortalized by Ansel Adam’s stunning black-and-white photography, this park is famed for its giant, ancient sequoia trees and the granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome.

Seven years ago in 2012, a United Nations Security Council Resolution placed an embargo on the export of charcoal from Somalia.

According to the World Health Organization, every year, around 7 million people die prematurely from disease caused by air pollution. That is 800 people every hour, or 13 every minute, dying because of the dirty air they breathe. Approximately, 4 million of these deaths occur in the Asia-Pacific region.

When air pollution hit alarming levels in India four years back, 30 year-old Tamseel Hussain was watching. So passionate was he about documenting the issue, that he and a group of mobile storytelling and social media experts built the platform Let Me Breathe.