Time: 9:30 - 10:45 am (EST)
In light of the International Day for Clean Air, young leaders, clean air advocates, and civil society will gather to discuss the importance of air quality and its relationship with health and well-being, environment, and climate. The conversation will serve to raise awareness amongst youth networks and foster collaboration to advance comprehensive and intersectional solutions, required for effective public policies.
Young people across the world are constantly exposed to polluted air. Innovative youth-led solutions are needed to ensure that future generations have an adequate environment to live in. As stated by the WHO in 2018, “every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.”
Join the conversation and add your voice for the #AirWeShare.
Event organized by the Latin American Coalition for Clean Air, in collaboration with UNEP.
Learn more about #WorldCleanAirDay at www.cleanairblueskies.org
