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19 Cities Including London, San Francisco, Hong Kong Achieve ‘Remarkable Reductions’ in Air Pollution
Nineteen cities cut fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide by over 20% since 2010 through policies like electric vehicles and pollution restrictions, Breathe Cities reported.
- London, San Francisco, and Beijing are among 19 global cities that achieved remarkable reductions in air pollution, slashing two airway-aggravating pollutants by more than 20% since 2010, according to an analysis by Breathe Cities.
- The report, shared exclusively with The Guardian, examined 100 global cities and found 'substantial reductions' can be achieved within 15 years through deliberate actions like adding cycle lanes and restricting fossil fuel power plants.
- Beijing and Warsaw led in reducing fine particulate pollution by more than 45%, while Amsterdam and Rotterdam saw the greatest improvement in NO2, with cuts above 40%.
- Cecilia Vaca Jones, executive director of Breathe Cities, said, 'This report shows that cities can achieve what was once thought impossible: cutting toxic air pollution by 20 to 45 per cent in a little over a decade.'
- Imperial College London scientist Gary Fuller noted that while no safe levels of PM2 exist, bold policies can improve air quality, potentially saving millions of lives from diseases like asthma and cancer.
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19 Cities Including London, San Francisco, Hong Kong Achieve ‘Remarkable Reductions’ in Air Pollution
In a report that examined the air quality of 100 global cities, 19 were found to have substantially improved since 2010. 9 of the 19 were in China and Hong Kong, while the rest were located in Europe, and include both large and small cities. In the US, San Francisco managed to reduce both health-harming […] The post 19 Cities Including London, San Francisco, Hong Kong Achieve ‘Remarkable Reductions’ in Air Pollution appeared first on Good News N…
19 global cities achieved remarkable air pollution reductions
A new report shows how 19 global cities managed to achieve remarkable reductions in air pollution between 2010 and 2024. The best scorers include Beijing, Rotterdam, and Brussels. Breathe Cities, a global initiative supporting cities to clean the air and enhance public health, published its Breathe Better: How leading cities have rapidly cut air pollution report at the beginning of March 2026. The study looked at air pollution in 96 global citie…
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