£11.6m boost for local authorities to tackle air pollution
Local authorities have been granted more than £11m to fund projects for clean air, including e-bike schemes, school awareness programmes and bus retrofits.
97% of global cities do not meet latest WHO air quality guidelines
97% of global cities and all countries failed to meet the latest World Health Organization (WHO) PM2.5 air quality guidelines in 2021, according to IQAir’s World Air Quality Report.