Pathways to Breathe Clean Air: Ultra Low Emission Zones
24 February @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Hosted by: The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; the LSE Global School of Sustainability; the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE; Laboratorio por la Justicia Ambiental y Climática, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México; Queen Mary University of London; and Imperial College London.
Clean air is an essential element of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and a precondition for the enjoyment of rights including life and health. Yet most people still do not enjoy clean air. Air pollution crosses borders and disproportionately harms people in vulnerable situations, with impacts intensified by structural inequalities, climate change, ecosystem loss and toxic pollution.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment will present a report on air pollution and its impacts on human rights to the UN Human Rights Council in March. The report is focused on the protection of marginalised people and groups and based on updated science and legal advances. It draws on London’s experience with ultra-low emission zones. The report identifies priority actions for States and businesses to improve air quality from a human rights perspective, highlighting urgent actions required to protect the health of people in the most vulnerable situations. This event will discuss the report’s recommendations and its implementation.
Speaker: Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
The UN Special Rapporteur will be joined by a panel of leading academics, policy leaders and clean air advocates.
Please note, although ticketed, this event will operate on a first-come, first-serve basis.