Air pollution kills 7 million people worldwide every year

Air pollution kills 7 million people worldwide every year

Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report titled "Health and Climate Change" at the Climate Change conference in Poland.

Air pollution kills 7 million people worldwide each year and costs an estimated $5.11 trillion in global welfare, according to the report.

The report notes that human activities destabilizing the Earth's climate are also directly contributing to poor health. The main driver of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels, which is also the main cause of air pollution.

The health impacts of air pollution are estimated at more than 4 per cent of gross domestic product in the 15 countries that emit the most greenhouse gases, and the funding for climate action needed to meet the Paris targets will amount to only about 1 per cent of global gross domestic product.

Who Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Paris Agreement could be the strongest health agreement of this century. There is evidence that climate change is already having a serious impact on human life and health.

It threatens the essential elements of good health: clean air, safe drinking water, a supply of nutritious food and safe shelter, and will undermine decades of global progress in health.

eira, WHO director for public health, environmental and social determinants, said the health burden from polluting energy sources is now so high that it is more economically efficient to adopt cleaner and more sustainable approaches to energy supply, transport and food systems. She stressed that climate change mitigation is an opportunity, not a cost, when health concerns are considered.

Switching to low-carbon energy could not only improve air quality but also provide additional health benefits, according to the report. For example, introducing active transport options like cycling will help increase physical activity and prevent diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

We can't control the pollution outside the house, but we can control the air quality inside the house. Under the current circumstances, if you want to protect yourself from pollution, installing a home air purifier is the best choice.

Snow Mountain Clean value is to make the environment as bright and clean as snow mountain. We hope to bring clean air to more people, help more people realize the right to breathe freely, make polluted air nowhere to escape, and make every corner of the world fresh and beautiful.