{"id":849,"date":"2022-09-06T18:46:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2022\/09\/messaggio-del-segretario-generale_10-2\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T18:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:46:29","slug":"messaggio-del-segretario-generale_10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2022\/09\/messaggio-del-segretario-generale_10-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Secretary-General Message on the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>UN Secretary-General Message on the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>7 September 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In July this year, nations recognized the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.<\/p>\n<p>Clean air is now a human right.<\/p>\n<p>A stable climate is a human right.<\/p>\n<p>Healthy nature is a human right.<\/p>\n<p>Today, air pollution is denying billions of people of their rights.<\/p>\n<p>Dirty air affects 99 per cent of people on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>The poor suffer worst.<\/p>\n<p>Especially women and girls, whose health suffers by cooking and heating with dirty fuels.<\/p>\n<p>The poor also live in areas choked with fumes from traffic and industry.<\/p>\n<p>Air pollutants also cause global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Wildfires are further polluting the air.<\/p>\n<p>When people are exposed to air pollution and extreme heat, their risk of death is some 20 per cent higher.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change and air pollution are a deadly duo.<\/p>\n<p>On this third International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, I call on all countries to work together to combat air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>We know what to do.<\/p>\n<p>Invest in renewable energy and swiftly transition away from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Rapidly move to zero-emission vehicles and alternative modes of transport.<\/p>\n<p>Increase access to clean cooking, heating and cooling.<\/p>\n<p>Recycle waste instead of burning it.<\/p>\n<p>These actions would save millions of lives each year, slow climate change and speed up sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>Air pollution knows no borders.<\/p>\n<p>So, nations must work together.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s monitor air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Make laws to meet World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>And deliver credible plans to reduce emissions from vehicles, power plants, construction and industries.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we can reduce air pollution and keep people and the planet healthy and safe.<\/p>\n<p>In July this year, nations recognized the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.<\/p>\n<p>Clean air is now a human right.<\/p>\n<p>A stable climate is a human right.<\/p>\n<p>Healthy nature is a human right.<\/p>\n<p>Today, air pollution is denying billions of people of their rights.<\/p>\n<p>Dirty air affects 99 per cent of people on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>The poor suffer worst.<\/p>\n<p>Especially women and girls, whose health suffers by cooking and heating with dirty fuels.<\/p>\n<p>The poor also live in areas choked with fumes from traffic and industry.<\/p>\n<p>Air pollutants also cause global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Wildfires are further polluting the air.<\/p>\n<p>When people are exposed to air pollution and extreme heat, their risk of death is some 20 per cent higher.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change and air pollution are a deadly duo.<\/p>\n<p>On this third International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, I call on all countries to work together to combat air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>We know what to do.<\/p>\n<p>Invest in renewable energy and swiftly transition away from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Rapidly move to zero-emission vehicles and alternative modes of transport.<\/p>\n<p>Increase access to clean cooking, heating and cooling.<\/p>\n<p>Recycle waste instead of burning it.<\/p>\n<p>These actions would save millions of lives each year, slow climate change and speed up sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>Air pollution knows no borders.<\/p>\n<p>So, nations must work together.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s monitor air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Make laws to meet World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>And deliver credible plans to reduce emissions from vehicles, power plants, construction and industries.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we can reduce air pollution and keep people and the planet healthy and safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UN Secretary-General Message on the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 7 September 2022 In July this year, nations recognized the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. 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