on Air Pollution
thousand premature deaths in the UK each year caused by air pollution
percent of places have illegal levels of air pollution in the UK
Health
Air pollution, responsible for 64,000 premature deaths each year, and lung, heart and brain illnesses, costing the NHS £billions each year
Measurement
Accurate localised, on-going air pollution measurement is vital to improve public risk awareness and to manage change
Economy
£20 billion lost a year from lower productivity and ill health from air pollution according to the Royal College of Physicians and £60bn according to WHO
Equality
Poorer communities live with higher concentrations of air pollution and leads to other inequalities
Climate
Cutting air pollution is essential to reaching Net Zero
Legislation
Ambitious enforceable air pollution limits drive change and save lives
Our latest news
Latest events & activities from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution
Clean Air Day 2023
The APPG on Air Pollution co-hosted an Clean Air Day event with Global Action Plan and Alzheimer’s Research UK to...
INVITE: Clean Air Day 2023
APPG on Air Pollution will co-host an Clean Air Day event with Global Action Plan and Alzheimer’s Research UK to...
APPG on Air Pollution AGM
A meeting to vote in officers will happen on Tuesday, 9th May at 5pm, in room N, PCH. For further details please contact Geraint.Davies.mp@parliament.uk....
Invite: Air pollution brief by the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty
Tuesday, February, 21 10-10.45am Parliamentary Room tbc A short presentation to MPs of the Air Pollution report published by the Chief Medical Officer,...
Invite: Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill Parliamentary drop-in
Tuesday 10.30am-12pm, Room 1 Parliament Street A new Clean Air Bill has successfully completed its passage through the House of Lords and is...
Event: the impact of Hydrogen on Air Pollution
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution held a virtual roundtable with academics and an industry representative to discuss the...
Invite: Virtual roundtable on the impact of hydrogen production on air quality
The APPG is hosting a roundtable on Tuesday 13 December 2022 at 10-11am, exploring the effect on air quality of increased...
APPG on Air Pollution – Clean Air Day Event 2022
No safe level: how air pollution is damaging the health of the population, how the health sector can respond to...
Invite: No safe level: how air pollution is damaging the health of the population and how the health sector can respond
To mark Clean Air Day, the APPG on Air Pollution is holding a virtual event with Environment Minister Jo Churchill...
