Thread by @HEISoGA

📢 NEW REPORT📢

🔎We reviewed levels of #AirQuality and associated health impacts in more than 7000 cities around the world, and looked at two pollutants – fine particulate matter (PM2.5) & nitrogen dioxide (NO2) .

Read the report >> tinyurl.com/AQandHealthCit…

#cities

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❓ Why are we focusing on cities?

By 2050, almost 68% of the world's population will be living in cities and breathing urban air. And #cities are already at the front line for air pollution impacts- and interventions.

#CleanAirForAll #AirQuality

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Residents in #cities are often exposed to poor #AirQuality.

#DYK that around the world, a majority of cities do not meet the WHO Guideline for NO2?

#CleanAirForAll

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This is the first State of Global Air report to include data on nitrogen dioxide (NO2), BUT what is this pollutant and why should we care about it?

Learn more >> tinyurl.com/AQandHealthCit…

#CleanAirForAll #cities #AirQuality

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❗️ Levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a gaseous pollutant, have 📈 over the last decade in several regions around the world.

What is the NO2 level in your city? >> tinyurl.com/AQandHealthCit…

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#cities #CleanAirForAll