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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?

Mexico’s capital and largest city strengthens clean air efforts, joining 13 cities from around the world in the Breathe Cities initiative.

The EU’s revised Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD) has been formally adopted. The EU has set one of the most progressive air quality regulatory frameworks in the world, leading the way for other countries to enact similar legislation.

International development funding for fossil fuel projects rose by 350% in one year, while air quality gets less than 1% of development funding. As global attention shifts to COP29's discussions on climate finance, The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2024 urges governments to increase funding to tackle air pollution.

Cleaner air reported across Denmark, new resources to support joined up global air quality data, guidance for cities developing clean air zones and more in our latest news roundup.

Forum for the Future’s new report outlines how businesses in the life science industries can accelerate progress on tackling air pollution.

With 5 years left to achieve the SDGs, world leaders agree to continued action on air pollution and reaffirm their commitments to transition away from fossil fuels in the UN’s Pact for the Future. But what’s needed now is clear action from governments to achieve this change.