Clean Air, Healthy Children: An Agenda for Action

Every child has the right to clean air. But every day, hundreds of millions of children, mainly in low-and middle-income countries, have no choice but to breathe air laced with dangerous pollutants. Because children are uniquely vulnerable to the damaging health effects of air pollution, many die, get ill or bear lifelong consequences from exposure. This policy brief provides an overview of seven sources of air pollution and recommended actions for governments, caregivers, the private sector, the health sector and civil society. It also includes actions for children and young people to engage and become agents of change on air pollution.

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