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Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health

25 – 27 March 2025
Centro de Convenciones Cartagena de Indias |, Cartagena, Colombia

**with pre- and post-conference sessions on 24 and 28 March*

The Global conference on air pollution and health: Accelerating action for clean air, clean energy access and climate change mitigation highlighted evidence-based, coordinated multi-sectoral solutions in cities, countries and regions to prevent communicable and noncommunicable disease, save lives, protect child health and limit climate change across the world.

Key objectives of the conference included:

  • Share the latest evidence on health risks of air pollution and energy poverty, assessment tools and resources for decision-making.
  • Take stock of global progress since 2015 after the WHA resolution was passed and the start of the Sustainable Development Goals. 
  • Showcase health, climate, gender and equity co-benefits of air pollution and energy action. 
  • Mobilize, value and empower health professionals to ‘prescribe’ clean air for health.
  • Iterate strategies to mitigate the health sector’s environmental footprint.
  • Harness climate and development finance to tackle air pollution and ensure a just energy transition.
  • Leverage health arguments to drive country cooperation and financial commitments.
  • Countries, regions and cities join BreatheLife and commit to air pollution reductions by 2030 and beyond.
Participants included Ministers of Health, respective Ministers of Environment, Energy and officials of national, intergovernmental and development agencies; health professionals; mayors, local authorities and planners; representatives of critical sectors such as energy, transport, industry, waste and land-use; as well as delegates from research, academia and civil society. Attendance to this conference is by invitation only.

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Recordings

Day 1PlenaryParallelParallelParallelParallel
9:00Opening    
9:30Setting the scene    
11:30Clean Air for a healthy and equitable future    
13:15 Air quality monitoring networks and low-cost sensorsGlobal flagship report on air pollution  
14:30 Noncommunicable diseasesHeat and wildfiresHealthy indoor spaces 
16:30 Household air pollutionProtecting children from air pollutionSand and dust storms 
18:30Super pollutants and air pollution   
Day 2PlenaryParallelParallelParallelParallel
9:30Health sector leadership & multisectoral cooperation     
11:30 Healthy transportFossil fuels & clean and efficient energyAir quality management 
13:15 Health impacts from agricultureAir quality alerts and indexesAddressing pollution in South Asia
14:30 Land-use and green spaces planningHealth-care facility electrificationBlack carbon and ultrafine particles 
16:30 Transboundary cooperationSolid waste managementAdvancing clean household energyEmpowering the public health workforce
20:15Concert for clean air   
Day 3PlenaryParallelParallelParallelParallel
8:00Press conference (SPA)
Press conference (EN)
   
9:00Committing to triple win actions     
10:30Finance solutions & economic opportunities    
11:30High-level segment & presidential remarks   
14:30 Legislation – planning and enforcing standardsClean air as a part of the human right to a healthy environmentStrategic communications and outreach 
16:30Clean air for all: Time to commit & act