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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · 27d

Ahead of the UN General Assembly, @cleanairfund.bsky.social founder @janeburston.bsky.social calls on leaders to prioritize clean air:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Clean air must be made a global priority | Letter

Letter: Left unchecked, toxic air will keep shortening millions of lives and harming health, says Jane Burston

www.theguardian.com

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Aug 29

Staggering figures in latest EPIC Air Quality report - how much #airpollution affects life expectancy.

@christahasenkopf.bsky.social

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · Aug 28

India’s Air Quality Index Improves But Delhi Remains World’s Worst Polluted City - Health Policy Watch

NEW DELHI – The latest data is out on how much air pollution is estimated to shorten lives, and New Delhi tops the global list for the eighth year running.

healthpolicy-watch.news

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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · Aug 15

"A crisis in our health system that is entirely preventable"

FOI requests by @mumsforlungs.bsky.social "revealed that nearly 114,000 children visited a London hospital with breathing difficulties, and over 25,000 of them were admitted for treatment."

airqualitynews.com/health/a-cri...

‘A crisis in our health system that is entirely preventable’

Clean air campaign group Mums For Lungs have uncovered shocking statistics regarding the number of children admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties in London. The group submitted Freedom of I...

airqualitynews.com

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Red de Clima y Salud América Latina y el Caribe @saludclima.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨Health can no longer be sidelined. LAC health leaders urge world governments:
Cut emissions!
Deliver fair finance!
Protect health systems!
Lead with justice at #COP30!
Common LAC Position on Climate and Health
shorturl.at/8UsCz
🩺🌎

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Jul 29

EPA's plan to abandon all efforts to limit global warming endangers your health and the health of everyone you love. How the heck is that supposed to make America great?

@mason4c.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

Today’s announcement by EPA puts your health in danger

The American Public Health Association strongly condemns today’s action by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to eliminate the agency’s endangerment finding that greenhouse ...

www.apha.org

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · Jul 29

"Outdoor air quality was still the leading driver of classroom particle pollution, even with filters installed".

Worrying results from the @samhe.bsky.social schools study. Reducing #AirPollution at source will always be key to healthier lives.

Closing classroom windows does not cut air pollution, study finds

Tests conducted at 500 UK sites show particle pollution exceeded health guidelines on 6% of school days

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Jul 30

The Trump admin plan to repeal the "endangerment" finding that underlies key climate regulations in the US is on the frontpage of today's NY Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Jun 6

Love to see this from Manchester Mayor and Massive Attack! A band always on the right side of history. Kudos @fossiltreaty.bsky.social ! 🐝

Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · Jun 6

🔥 HUGE NEWS!

In a powerful convergence of music, activism, and leadership, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, @andyburnham.bsky.social, and the British trip hop collective Massive Attack signed a declaration and opened a Treaty banner on the rooftop on this #WorldEnvironmentDay2025.

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Clean Air Fund @cleanairfund.bsky.social · May 28

Governments endorse @who.int's new global roadmap to 1/2 deaths attributed to poor #AirQuality by 2040 🎉

Progress on lung health & climate action at the event signal clean air's growing importance in global health decision making ✍️ @nina-ren.bsky.social #WHA78
www.cleanairfund.org/news-item/wh...

World Health Assembly approves roadmap to halve deaths from air pollution

Governments endorse the World Health Organization’s new global roadmap to cut deaths attributed to poor air quality by 50% by 2040.

www.cleanairfund.org

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · May 15

Why is there no health warning on a wood stove?

Wood smoke contains most of the same carcinogens as tobacco smoke, including benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Tobacco products have had health warning messages for years - it's time for stoves to have the same. #AirPollution #Health

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Apr 8

‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest capital 🇲🇳

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest capital

In Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the Mongolian steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadly

www.theguardian.com

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · Mar 27

We can't buy clean air, so let's fight for it!

@who.int’s Executive Board agreed to halve the number of deaths caused by #AirPollution by 2040 - let's help to make it a reality.

#BreatheLife

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

President Petro 🇨🇴 recognizes #climatechange as a catastrophe.

“If there’s one lesson from Covid19 it must be to prioritize prevention to protect health and healthcare.”

Taking better care of the air we breathe must be part of health and climate action.

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

Rosamund Adoo Kissi-Debrah @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social rightly alongside world leaders and ministers to call for #CleanAir

„To the politicians, not to act would be unforgivable.“

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

🇪🇸 Secretary of State for Health Dr Javier Padilla says #AirQuality is the health challenge of this century, just as water quality was previously.

#CleanAir4Health

Great too to hear Spain strongly support @who.int
@drmarianeira.bsky.social
@drtedros.who.int

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

Inspiring @unicef.org youth Ambassador Francisco Vera calls on governments and cities to

🩵 Put Life First

#CleanAir for kids - there’s no better investment.

@pmnch.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social

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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · Mar 27

Parents & city mayors can be leading forces for bringing up #cleanair policies we all need➕
🤝 Social justice
🫰 Lower bills
🏡 Better neighbourhoods.
Here in Cartagena, GCHA's Exec. Dir. @jenimiller.bsky.social meeting with @metecoban92.bsky.social London Dep. Mayor & WarriorMums founder B. Khandari

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Our Kids' Climate @ourkidsclimate.bsky.social · Mar 27

Children are on the frontlines of fossil-fuel driven air pollution.

🔴 Over 90% breathe harmful air & nearly 2,000 children die daily from pollution-related diseases.

We need urgent action for clean air & a transition to renewable energy.

Share & stand up for #OurKidsAir ✊💚

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

The economic investment case is key, but the bottom line is that „lives and health of children is the biggest ‚bankable project’“

Spontaneous applause for @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social so well said 👏👏👏

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

🇨🇴 Vice Minister of Environment emphasizing benefits for health in their climate commitments #NDC - and esp target to reduce deadly #BlackCarbon emissions 40% by 2030

Colombia‘s NDC will save 3600 lives by 2030 thanks to healthier air.

@who.int @ccacoalition.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social

Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone is 🌎-leading and delivering rapid results:

Cutting NO2 emissions,
reducing 1.1million hospital admissions,
saving lives

Incredible leadership @mayoroflondon.bsky.social @metecoban92.bsky.social

#BreatheCities @cleanairfund.bsky.social @c40cities.bsky.social

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

World Bank‘s Benoit Bosquet calls for a decoupling of emissions from economic growth.

This is exactly what 🇨🇳 has achieved in recent years.

H/t Prof Hongbing Shen Vice Minister of Health, China

@cleanairfund.bsky.social

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

⚠️ New #BreatheCities report shows the health and economic gains cities could achieve by following @who.int new air pollution Roadmap.

By 2040, 60+ cities could collectively:
❤️ avoid 650,000 deaths a year
💰 avoid $1 trillion/year in economic damage
bit.ly/who-report-b...

@cleanairfund.bsky.social

Breathing Life into Cities

Analysis shows the health and economic opportunities for 60+ cities if they follow the WHO’s new air pollution Road Map.

bit.ly

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

Jane Burston, CEO @cleanairfund.bsky.social reminding #CleanAir4Health2025 of the economic case to invest in #AirQuality projects and laws.

World Bank shows, money is already out there: redirecting $trillions from toxic #FossilFuelSubsidies wd be a game changer.

www.worldbank.org/en/topic/cli...

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Nina Renshaw @nina-ren.bsky.social · Mar 27

Brilliant poet Jayda David shares a hard hitting poem inspired by Ella Roberta‘s life:

„
#AirPollution kills.
Air pollution steals funds from our National Health Service.

There’s something in the air and we do not want to breathe it in, anymore.“

#BreatheLife
@drmarianeira.bsky.social

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