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International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2024 - September 07
September 12 , 2024
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- 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.
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