Where you live in Wales shouldn’t determine how well you breathe, especially at school, a place you should feel safe. To mark Clean Air Day, primary schools across Wales, some in highly polluted areas, have joined forces with Healthy Air Cymru, a coalition of organisations and charities to call for cleaner air. Schools taking part in the ‘I want Clean …
We welcome the need for clean air legislation and have been calling for a ‘Clean Air Act’ since 2017. Download Healthy Air Cymru’s consultation response There is no safe level of air pollution. An air pollutant is any substance in the air that could harm people. Particulate matter, known as PM, and nitrogen dioxide are particularly damaging. We also know …
Healthy Air Cymru welcomes the Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill that is being introduced to the Senedd. For the coalition of organisations and charities, which has long been campaigning for this bill, and the wider community affected by toxic air, this is the news they have been waiting for – a new law to make sure the air …
Healthy Air Cymru welcomes the news that a Clean Air Bill is included in the First Minister’s legislative statement, published today (5 July 2022). For the coalition of organisations and charities, which has long been campaigning for this bill, and the wider community affected by toxic air, this is the news they have been waiting for – a new law …
New research from Friends of the Earth, released by Healthy Air Cymru on Clean Air Day (15 June 2022), indicates people on the lowest incomes in Wales are breathing in the most polluted air. 30 Senedd Members from all political parties came to an event at the Senedd on Tuesday (14 June 2022) to renew their calls to bring forward …
Our seven Healthy Air Champions are Senedd members, who raise awareness of the impact of poor air quality on our everyday lives. They are all campaigning for Wales to get a Clean Air Act.
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, whose child, Ella Roberta, died of a severe asthma attack in 2013, will urge politicians to take urgent action to clean up Welsh air, when she addresses the Senedd Cross Party Group on a Clean Air Act for Wales. At a virtual meeting today (Wednesday 26 January) at noon, the grassroots campaigner will tell Senedd members to bring …
Healthy Air Cymru, a coalition of organisations and charities who work together to campaign for a greener and healthier Wales, are calling for all Senedd candidates to take their pledge and back a Clean Air Act within 100 days of the election. The group highlights that Wales is in the midst of a climate and public health emergency, which needs …
Today (13 February 2021) the Welsh Government launched its clean air white paper setting out plans for a Clean Air Act for Wales. Responding to the news, Joseph Carter, Chair of Healthy Air Cymru and Head of Asthma UK & British Lung Foundation Wales, said: “This White Paper represents a huge step forward in our fight to create a healthier …
Healthy Air Cymru has welcomed the Welsh Government’s Clean Air Plan for Wales, which was published today (Thursday 6 August). The coalition of health and environmental organisations called the plan ‘a huge step forward’ but urged the Welsh Government to do more for local communities to ensure they have the help they need. “This plan represents a huge step forward in our …