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Less that one per cent of global aid spent on air pollution projects, despite escalating health crisis



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Projects tackling air pollution receive less than one per cent of global aid spending, a new report from Clean Air Fund has revealed.
The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2021 report, published today to coincide with the UN’s International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, offers an overview of projects that tackle air pollution and have been funded by donor governments or philanthropic organisations.
The report found that governments and charities spent a total of $5.72bn dollars on projects tackling air pollution between 2015 and 2020, which Clean Air Fund warns is not enough to beat the problem that causes 4.2 million …

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