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Pollution targets breached at most new planned school sites in England – study
The vast majority of planned new school sites in the UK exceed all globally recognised targets on toxic air pollutants, a new study claims.Read more![caremissions](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/caremissions-128x128.jpg)
How data and integrated planning approaches can help cities fight air pollution
Poor air quality remains one of the greatest threats to the health and wellbeing of children and young people. We hear from Urban Shift, a UN-led programme, about how cities in Latin America are taking...Read more![Delhi](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Delhi-128x128.png)
Air quality crisis in Delhi – children face ‘dangerously unsafe’ smog
In the planet’s most polluted city, which has long been choking from the poorest air possible, the current situation in Delhi, is, even by its standards, more dire than most of us could imagine.Read more![elmgreenschool](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/elmgreenschool-128x128.png)
London school pupils build filters for their own classrooms
Pupils in London concerned with the city’s poor air quality have taken matters into their own hands by building their school’s own air filters. Elmgreen School in south London is located almost right next to one...Read more![Image: Michael Swan via Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmswan/39406297434/in/photolist-233czkh-qRSVh6-n8JZ7z-8gkD6B-ax2FEq-DVwCt6-YjQfjJ-5Lwqub-7GgT13-rjjG3J-6HBsgV-5Lsbor-dJdB9c-2VxpUu-7yQKdw-7N3Fu1-nghLf-4WSWpf-a2Jefn-nghLm-7yM1ti-8CMj7g-r14BcV-qh3z2G-aJTfFM-697DcN-7CNuSU-4oL31K-25j5yFb-vyVL-QzLQxA-8uKyeB-jGjdgM-76r9j1-dNnuJz-dNwTV3-n8JWKa-7yQN4s-5LJnXG-okk1QX-nr6QB-7yM3mF-8o99Zn-dmgQ6-7ydAh7-3oamfZ-dWLB56-5tXHLS-2hideH-5LwqXy https://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmswan/39406297434/in/photolist-233czkh-qRSVh6-n8JZ7z-8gkD6B-ax2FEq-DVwCt6-YjQfjJ-5Lwqub-7GgT13-rjjG3J-6HBsgV-5Lsbor-dJdB9c-2VxpUu-7yQKdw-7N3Fu1-nghLf-4WSWpf-a2Jefn-nghLm-7yM1ti-8CMj7g-r14BcV-qh3z2G-aJTfFM-697DcN-7CNuSU-4oL31K-25j5yFb-vyVL-QzLQxA-8uKyeB-jGjdgM-76r9j1-dNnuJz-dNwTV3-n8JWKa-7yQN4s-5LJnXG-okk1QX-nr6QB-7yM3mF-8o99Zn-dmgQ6-7ydAh7-3oamfZ-dWLB56-5tXHLS-2hideH-5LwqXy](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MichaelSwanFlickrpollution-128x128.jpg)
European Environment Agency: what are national authorities doing to improve air quality?
One of the biggest threats facing children in cities across the world is air quality. It is, in some cases, quite literally killing them. It’s a situation that the European Environment Agency (EEA) is intensely...Read more![caremissions](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/caremissions-128x128.jpg)
New EU standards to reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality – benefiting our children
The European Commission has outlined a proposal to reduce air pollution from new motor vehicles sold in the EU to meet the European Green Deal’s zero-pollution ambition.Read more![london-2434671_1920](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/london-2434671_1920-128x128.jpg)
London Mayor’s pledge to fight toxic air ’street by street
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says that more than 260,000 children are breathing cleaner air as a result of the capital’s growing network of School Streets.Read more![air-air-pollution-chimney-221000 CC Pixabay](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/air-air-pollution-chimney-221000-128x128.jpg)
EEA: Most of Europe’s urban population ‘remains exposed to unsafe levels of air pollution
Almost the entire urban population of Europe – 96 per cent – was exposed to fine particulate matter above the health-based guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the latest annual European...Read more![Screenshot 2022-02-18 at 11.14.07](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-11.14.07-128x128.png)
All Dutch school classrooms to get a CO2 detector
Every school classroom in The Netherlands is to get a carbon dioxide monitor, as part of a series of measures to ensure schools have healthier air. The government says it will provide extra funding to help...Read more![Screenshot 2022-02-18 at 10.15.38](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screenshot-2022-02-18-at-10.15.38-128x128.png)
Measuring air quality now as easy as…child’s play
Small in size but potentially of huge importance – that’s the AirBeam Swap, a revolutionary new tool that collects data and raises awareness of air quality and its importance for babies, toddlers and their caregivers. The...Read more![51206182156_00d0c109dd_c](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/51206182156_00d0c109dd_c-128x128.jpg)
Partnership scheme to monitor air quality in Milan schools
Sensors are being installed in schools across Milan as experts seek to learn more about the effects of air pollution on the health of the city’s children.Read more![Ella1-Year-3](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ella1-Year-3-128x128.jpg)
Air pollution and children – the ‘invisible killer in our midst’
A mother whose nine-year-old daughter died from air pollution exposure has delivered a powerful message to a global audience to be aware of the ‘invisible killer’ – toxic air.Read more![London Pollution](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/London-Pollution-128x128.jpg)
Three million children in England are at school in areas with toxic air
Children in London are four times more likely to go to school in areas with higher pollution levels that exceed World Health Organisation (WHO) limits than those anywhere else in England. This poor air quality, says...Read more![Screenshot 2021-06-17 at 09.22.16](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screenshot-2021-06-17-at-09.22.16-128x128.png)
Helsinki residents to be given hand-held air pollution sensors
Hand-held air pollution sensors given to the people of Helsinki is the latest weapon in the fight against toxic traffic fumes that are choking populations – not least children. Read more![London Pollution](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/London-Pollution-128x128.jpg)