She called World Health Organization To hold the first Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health from October 30 to November 1, 2018 in Geneva, with the aim of bringing governments and partners together in a global effort to improve air quality and combat climate change.
And in Lengthy statement On its official website, the organization said that air pollution levels are still dangerously high in many parts of the world, as “organization data shows that nine out of ten people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants.”
According to the organization, updated estimates reveal an alarming rate of loss of life of 7 million people every year due to ambient and household air pollution.
The organization quoted Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the organization, as saying If it is contaminated Air “threatens us all, but the poorest and most marginalized people bear the bulk of the burden. It is unacceptable that more than 3 billion people continue to breathe deadly smoke every day from using polluting stoves and fuels in their homes.”
The organization said that the conference to be held in Geneva is the first global event focusing on both air pollution and health, with the participation of health and environment ministers and other representatives from a number of international governments, health professionals and other sectors of transport and energy, as well as On academic research for a number of civil society organizations.
The conference will be held at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva, in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Organization, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Clean Coalition to Reduce Short-Term Climate Pollutants (CCAC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Link to submit research and contributions to the conference: Here
Conference agenda: Here
