Resources

These briefings outline the best ways to engage healthcare professionals on the topic of air pollution. It investigates how key health communities perceive air pollution, what kinds of communications and strategies would encourage them to act on the issue and what stops them from acting on air pollution today. There are specific country packs for Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Mexico and the UK.

Dalberg's new analysis indicates that in 2019, air pollution cost Indian business a staggering $95 billion due to reduced productivity, work absences and premature deaths.

'Breathing life into the UK economy' is a report series from CBI Economics, commissioned by the Clean Air Fund. The main report quantifies the economic benefit to the UK as a whole of meeting WHO Air Quality guidelines. The city specific reports quantify the economic benefits of clean air zones in UK cities.

The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2020 provides an analysis of global Official Development Finance and foundation funding flows towards outdoor air quality initiatives between 2015 and 2019. Its aim is to identify gaps in funding and opportunities for strategic investment and collaboration to deliver clean air for all.

Breathing Space highlights the close connections between COVID-19 and air pollution, and calls for governments to tackle them together in recovery plans.

The toolkits offers practical tips on how to best engage the public in the UK and Poland on the subject of air pollution, highlights the health conditions that most people care about and recommends the most effective language and imagery choices to communicate your message.

New research has estimated how the air pollution levels recorded in UK cities impact on health. The studies estimate how current levels of pollution increase hospital admission rates, the risks of developing cancer, and worsen child health.

This report summarises the trends in leading global philanthropic foundation funding on air quality over the past four years. It analyses the investments made to date and provides an overview of the geographies and types of projects being funded.