In a landmark decision, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who lost her life to a fatal asthma attack aged 9, has become the first person to have air pollution officially recognised by a coroner as a cause of death. Katie Nield, a lawyer at environmental law charity ClientEarth comments on the legal implications of Ella’s inquest.
After years of warnings from the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled today that the UK has ‘systematically and persistently’ exceeded legal limits for dangerous nitrogen dioxide (NO2) since 2010.