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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.

Global medical organisations highlight air pollution as a threat to public health. Governments and companies urged to divest from fossil fuels. Plus latest scientific efforts and more in our news roundup.

Remote sensing technology is a new way to measure vehicle emissions in real-time, rather than in laboratories. The TRUE Initiative’s study in Delhi and Gurugram, India, reveals that motor vehicles emit far more in the real-world, compared to lab tests. The study calls for an accelerated transition to zero-emission vehicles.

Global efforts to track air pollution are hampered by gaps in national air quality monitoring, lack of a system to publish the data and limited knowledge sharing. Investment in monitoring infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries is crucial to delivering clean air for all.

Global companies are realising the benefits of reducing air pollution for their decarbonisation plans. Does business leaders’ growing attention on air pollution at Climate Week NYC signify a step change?