Press release
1 in 5 infant deaths in Europe and Central Asia linked to air pollution - UNICEF
GENEVA, 6 September 2024, – More than 5,480 infants in 23 countries and territories across Europe and Central Asia died from causes linked to air pollution in 2021, according to a new policy brief published today by UNICEF. Deaths linked to air pollution across the region accounted for 1 in 5 of all deaths of chil...
Report
Breathless beginnings
This policy brief on policies to protect children from air pollution in Europe and Central Asia developed by UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office. For background and more details, see the full report.
Article
Children in Kazakhstan learn to measure air quality
Earlier this year, the United Nations Children’s Fund in Kazakhstan (UNICEF) and the Social-Ecological Fund (SEF), an environmental protection and sustainable development non-profit in Kazakhstan, provided air quality sensors to 22 schools participating in a project to engage youth in climate change and environmen...
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Youth of Kazakhstan Offer Innovative Solutions to Environmental Problems
‘Ecothon’ participants included children and youth from Karaganda, Temirtau, and Almaty interested in improving their cities by contributing to climate change, environmental protection, and eco-friendly lifestyle efforts. During the ecothons, experts on climate change, pollution, and ecology shared their knowledge...
Press release
More than 90 babies die every week in Europe and Central Asia from causes associated with air pollution
GENEVA, 5 September, 2023, – More than 5,800 children and teenagers in Europe and Central Asia died in 2019 from causes related to air pollution. In Kazakhstan, 199 children and adolescents died from similar causes. The vast majority – 88 per cent – died before their first birthday, according to a new data analysi...