About the Clean Air Clean Water Day

Breathing in polluted air affects our health, reduces our life expectancy, and costs our society billions of pounds each year. It is estimated that two million healthy life years are lost in Europe due to the impacts of poor air quality, making the need to improve the air we breathe in and reduce the pollution we produce a clear priority. Furthermore, Water quality degradation translates directly into environmental, social and economic problems. The availability of the world’s scarce water resources is increasingly limited due to the worsening pollution of freshwater resources caused by the disposal of large quantities of insufficiently treated, or untreated, wastewater into rivers, lakes, aquifers and coastal waters.

Brilliant researchers and innovators are working hard to help the world to meet ambitious goals however, a lot needs to be done in terms of awareness dissemination about challenges, solutions and opportunities.