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Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility Mobility and Air Quality Rob de Jong, Head Transport, UN Environment Air Pollution Air pollution causes ~7 million premature deaths every year Deteriorating with about 8% per year

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Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility

Mobility and Air Quality

Rob de Jong, Head Transport, UN Environment

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Air Pollution

Air pollution causes

~7 million premature deaths every year

Deteriorating with

about 8% per year

2 billion children AQ

levels exceeding WHO standards; 300 mln exceeding 6 times

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Transport and Air Quality

Source: S. M. Gaita et al.: Source apportionment and seasonal variation of PM2.5 in Nairobi

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Impact on Children

Health impacts (incl. respiratory diseases)
School attendance
Impacts development – physical and cognitive
Life time health impacts - lung and immune

development

Impacts on unborn child
Mainly children in low and middle income

countries (x80)

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Children Vulnerable

Body still developing – lungs and immune
Breath more air (faster and more)
Low by ground
More outside
Indoor – mothers cooking exposure

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UNICEF Report

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UN Environment

UN Environment Assembly Resolution
New AQ programme
Assessment and Monitoring, Law, Technology,

Policy,…

Mobility

– Non Motorized Transport – Cleaner Vehicles

Air quality; CO2 emissions; Short lived climate

pollutants; Energy; Switch to low carbon societies; Road safety

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Mobility & AQ – Cooperation FIA Foundation and UN Environment

Global level

– Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) – Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4ALL) – Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) – Paris Climate Agreement

Operational level

– Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV) – Share the Road (StR) – Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) – Electric Mobility (eMob)

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UN Environment’s Transport Focus

UN Environment key activities

Cleaner fuels (~40 country projects)
Cleaner and more efficient vehicles

(~50 country projects)

Non motorized transport (~8

country projects)

Public transport (~5 country

projects)

Electric vehicles (~30 country

projects)

Clean Ports (5 country projects)

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Promoting low sulphur diesel fuels: Africa example

Expected end 2017 Status in 2005

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Need for Vehicle Emission Standards

Philippines adopted Euro 4 emission standards in 2016

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