# @unfoundation on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BppgMTgjKst
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/6344292-unfoundation-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-11-01T18:53:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** United Nations Foundation (@unfoundation) — https://gondola.cc/unfoundation

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A new report from @WHO released this week reveals that 93% of all children live in places with air pollution levels above levels that are simply too high. And according to a recent study from George Washington University, one in three cases of asthma globally is tied to air pollution – that adds up to some 33 million visits to emergency rooms.

These findings are timely as this week, the WHO, the World Meteorological Organization, @UNFCCC, and @unenvironment are holding their first-ever Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health in Geneva, Switzerland.

Although pollution may seem like an environmental problem, WHO’s mandate to tackle this issue stems from its severe health implications: an estimated 7 million people die annually because of toxic air pollution. Put in perspective: more than 1,000 people die every year from air pollution in Los Angeles alone.

We see the connections among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many global issues, such as hunger and conflict – and air pollution is no exception. As economies and carbon footprints grow, urbanization accelerates, and global temperatures rise, our air quality deteriorates. This pollution leads to asthma, cancer, heart disease, to name just a few of the leading contributors to early deaths.

Therefore, we need innovative strategies, interventions, and partnerships that tackle the climate-health nexus head-on. Put simply, the health and climate communities need to take on this challenge together.  Achieving climate action (SDG 13) is critical for good health and well-being (SDG 3). Photo by Aulia Erlangga/ CIFOR 
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