Clean Air and Water

Creating a cleaner environment for all generations to come

Air Quality

Our target: By 2030, reduce the mortality rate from PM2.5 pollution exposure by 75% from the 2019 levels across the West Midlands.

Current rate of mortality attributed to particulate air pollution (based on latest available data from the Department of Health and Social Care from 2023) is 4.9% (31.0% lower than in 2019).

Progress: We currently rate progress on achieving our target as:

The trend since 2010 is shown below.

Water Quality

Our target: By 2030, restore 75% of waterbodies within the West Midlands to at least good ecological status.

Current percentage of waterbodies that are at least good ecological status (based on latest available data from the Environment Agency from 2022) is 3.2%.

Progress: We currently rate progress on achieving our target as:

The breakdown of ecological status can be found below.

Consult the latest roadmap report for more details on this theme, how the target was derived and further background and information.

For details of which of our members work on this topic, visit our Members Directory.

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