International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2024 - September 07
September 12 , 2024 19 hrs 0 min 7 0
This day is emphasizing the need to make efforts to improve air quality, including reducing air pollution, to protect human health.
The huge costs of air pollution to public health, economies and the environment are clear, with global health damages totalling $8.1 trillion annually.
Only a per cent of international development funding currently goes towards the clean air projects.
The potential for every dollar invested in clean air initiatives is to return up to $ 30 in economic benefits.
In countries like India, air pollution costs industry an estimated $95 billion per year, or three per cent of the country’s GDP.