Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental risks to health through the life course being responsible for some 7 million deaths every year mainly from noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and lung cancer, but also from acute respiratory infections such as pneumonia which mainly affects children in low- and middle-income countries. Unsustainable consumption, industrial pollution and power generation, inefficient household energy, transport, waste burning, agriculture and poor land-use planning are all responsible for poor air quality and ultimately contribute to climate change. Beyond air pollution related deaths, some other staggering data show that globally still 2.4 billion people primarily rely on unclean energy for cooking and 1 billion people worldwide does not have access to health-care facilities with reliable electricity impeding progress towards healthier populations, universal health coverage and emergency preparedness.

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