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This year, the air quality movement continued to make strides towards a world where everyone breathes clean air. Our CEO Jane Burston lists some key achievements in the fight against air pollution in 2024.

Our partners are at the heart of our mission to tackle air pollution globally. We surveyed our grantees to find out how we can better support the clean air movement. Here are the highlights from what we learned.

Pakistan’s air quality crisis peaks. Plus, researchers are concerned about Africa’s cardiovascular ‘time bomb’, and more in our news roundup.

Final COP29 outcomes show incremental advances with the new global climate finance deal. But notable funding gaps remain for low- and middle-income countries, as well as clean air action. This puts significant expectations on next year’s Brazilian Presidency for COP30.

City forum recognises the important role that cities play in combatting urban air pollution. The Urban 20 (U20) Summit of Mayors calls for the G20 to improve air quality.

During the U20 Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil officially announced its plans with the Breathe Cities initiative to expand air quality data, raise awareness with communities, and take targeted steps to drive climate action and ensure 6.7 million residents breathe cleaner air.

Tropospheric ozone causes severe global warming, seriously harms health and badly damages crops. The global climate community needs to join the fight on this potent greenhouse gas and air pollutant if we want to avoid near-term warming.

Artist Faig Ahmed’s ‘Black Whirl: A Warning to a Polluted World’ intertwines tradition, culture and pressing climate concerns at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Commissioned by Clean Air Fund, the installation calls on governments to step up and prioritise making our air cleaner.

Leading global companies’ measures to combat the super pollutant, tropospheric ozone, highlighted at COP29’s US-China Summit on non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases.

Youth-led sustainability NGO wins £1 million in the world’s most prestigious environmental prize's 'clean our air' category.