Date
11 March
Time
13:00 – 14:30
Location
Online
Organisers
The Event
What can we do to reduce air pollution and promote clean air in our communities?
Over 28,000 people die early in the UK each year due to poor air quality, with over 700 people dying early in Birmingham each year thought to have had air pollution as a contributing factor.
There are also links between air pollution and cancer, birth outcomes, obesity and other health conditions.
With over 4 times the amount of air pollution in Birmingham than recommended by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, what can we do to reduce air pollution and promote clean, healthy air in our communities?
At the next Environment and Energy Network BVSC will be joined by Councillor Waseem Zaffar MBE, & Florence Cadge from the Birmingham Healthy Air Coalition to discuss clean air.
‘The Birmingham Healthy Air Coalition is a collective of local leading health, environment, and transport organisations with the shared vision of a UK free from toxic air. We believe that everyone in Birmingham, and ultimately the UK has the right to breathe safe, clean air, no matter who they are or where they live.
We believe the government should act with ambition to clear the air we breathe of toxic pollution and realise the benefits of clean air for people’s health, the NHS and the economy’
Usual updates on energy bills, policy, funding, and consultations will also take place.
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