Today is #CleanAirDay
🫁 Air pollution is a health and environmental emergency in the UK.
🚗Transport is the UKs largest emitting sector, accounting for nearly a third of emissions in 2019.
🚚71% of the UK’s transport emissions come from cars and vans.
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🫁 Air pollution is a health and environmental emergency in the UK.
🚗Transport is the UKs largest emitting sector, accounting for nearly a third of emissions in 2019.
🚚71% of the UK’s transport emissions come from cars and vans.
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⚡️🚗The UK cannot achieve its climate targets with electric vehicles alone, efforts must be made to cut the number of car journeys.
Read our report
➡️bit.ly/3N4mZWo
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Read our report
➡️bit.ly/3N4mZWo
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Reducing traffic can:
☁️Improve air quality
🚗🚗🚗Reduce congestion
🧑🤝🧑Improve community wellbeing
💷Save billions across the economy
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☁️Improve air quality
🚗🚗🚗Reduce congestion
🧑🤝🧑Improve community wellbeing
💷Save billions across the economy
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We also need to roll out more #CleanAirZones, which are areas that charge the most polluting vehicles to enter.
They have been shown to encourage the shift to cleaner vehicles, public transport, as well as walking & cycling 🚶♂️🚴👨🦼
Read our report
➡️bit.ly/3zWSyhZ
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They have been shown to encourage the shift to cleaner vehicles, public transport, as well as walking & cycling 🚶♂️🚴👨🦼
Read our report
➡️bit.ly/3zWSyhZ
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Want to take action and join the conversation this #CleanAirDay?
There lots to get involved at @CleanAirDayUK
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actionforcleanair.org.uk/campaigns/clea…
There lots to get involved at @CleanAirDayUK
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