More global aid goes to fossil fuel projects than tackling dirty air – study
Governments around the world gave 20% more in overseas aid funding to fossil fuel projects in 2019 and 2020 than to programmes to cut the air pollution they cause.
Dirty air is the world’s biggest environmental killer, responsible for at least 4m early deaths a year. But just 1% of global development aid is used to tackle this crisis, according to an analysis from the Clean Air Fund (CAF).
Air pollution kills more people than HIV/Aids, malaria, and tuberculosis combined, but such health issues receive vastly more funding, the report found. When compared in terms of years of life lost, HIV/Aids projects received 34 times more funding, while malnutrition programmes received seven times more. Increasing funding to similar levels to tackle air pollution would save many lives, experts said.
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Atlantis Viewpoint
Dirty air is the world’s biggest environmental killer, responsible for at least 7M premature deaths every year. So much so, that air pollution kills more than malaria, HIV/Aids and Tuberculosis combined. However, according to an analysis from the Clean Air Fund (CAF), just 1% of global development aid is used to tackle this crisis. So we are basically harming and slowly killing ourselves due to the methods we use for our everyday things, not our smartest move.
Preventing the use of substances that cause air pollution has the potential to save, and also improve, millions of lives. The scientific community has released endless study after study showing the how much of a detrimental affect contaminated air has on humans and nature. Air pollution from burning fossil fuels is a problem we have known about for decades, but it hasn’t been taken seriously enough. We now have the technology and tools to power our future cleanly, there is no breakthrough needed, just the will to implement these new systems. We know that #TrueCleanEnergy sources have an endless supply and will allow humanity to escape from our fossil fuel dependency. No air pollution, no Greenhouse gases, a clean future.
