The Mothers Rise Up March took place in London, led by 11 year-olds to represent the 11-year window to act on the climate emergency.
It began at Hyde Park Corner and ended in Parliament Square. This was the location of many of the Extinction Rebellion protests which took place just a matter of weeks ago.
Government attempts to tackle the issue
It follows an announcement by the Health Secretary on air pollution. He described air pollution as a “slow and deadly poison”. He warned that it is a growing national health emergency.
As a result, a review of the impact of dirty air on health has been commissioned. The review will include estimates of the number of new cases of illnesses that could be caused by air pollution by 2035.
A Growing Problem
Public Health England (PHE) predicted in May 2018 that there would be 2.4 million new cases of disease by 2035 if current air pollution levels continued.
The review plans to support a long-term pledge for the NHS to “go green”. This would include cutting business mileage, and NHS fleet air pollutant emissions by 20% by 2023-23.
New ambitions
Virtual appointments will replace a significant number of the 400 million face-to-face consultations that GPs and Hospitals provide each year. This is to reduce the need for patient and staff travel.
In addition to this, the the government also published a Clean Air Strategy in January. It pledged to halve the number of people living in areas breaching World Health Organisation guidelines on particulate matter by 2025.
However, experts say that ministers are not taking the issue seriously enough. They say that ministers only stress the downsides of curbing car use, despite dirty air in Britain meaning that every person is suffering effects equivalent to smoking one cigarette a day.
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The Mothers Rise Up March took place in London, led by 11 year-olds to represent the 11-year window to act on the climate emergency.
It began at Hyde Park Corner and ended in Parliament Square. This was the location of many of the Extinction Rebellion protests which took place just a matter of weeks ago.
Government attempts to tackle the issue
It follows an announcement by the Health Secretary on air pollution. He described air pollution as a “slow and deadly poison”. He warned that it is a growing national health emergency.
As a result, a review of the impact of dirty air on health has been commissioned. The review will include estimates of the number of new cases of illnesses that could be caused by air pollution by 2035.
A Growing Problem
Public Health England (PHE) predicted in May 2018 that there would be 2.4 million new cases of disease by 2035 if current air pollution levels continued.
The review plans to support a long-term pledge for the NHS to “go green”. This would include cutting business mileage, and NHS fleet air pollutant emissions by 20% by 2023-23.
New ambitions
Virtual appointments will replace a significant number of the 400 million face-to-face consultations that GPs and Hospitals provide each year. This is to reduce the need for patient and staff travel.
In addition to this, the the government also published a Clean Air Strategy in January. It pledged to halve the number of people living in areas breaching World Health Organisation guidelines on particulate matter by 2025.
However, experts say that ministers are not taking the issue seriously enough. They say that ministers only stress the downsides of curbing car use, despite dirty air in Britain meaning that every person is suffering effects equivalent to smoking one cigarette a day.
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