Only 6 per cent of children in Africa live in areas where air pollution is reliably measured at ground-level, leaving half a billion children across the continent living in areas with no reliable means of measuring air quality, according to a new UNICEF report released on World Environment Day. The report notes that air pollution is a growing challenge for Africa. Air pollution also impacts ecosystems – vital to livelihoods and health – as well as food crops. A recent study noted in the report estimates the economic cost of premature deaths from outdoor air pollution across Africa to be $215bn.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/silent-suffocation-africa-air-pollution-growing-menace-affecting-poorest-children
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Silent suffocation in africa air pollution 2019 .pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/unicef
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
