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Dec 16, 2022 · Legally binding targets to protect our environment, clean up our air and rivers and boost nature have been published today (Friday 16 December) following extensive consultation as part of the ...
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The Environment Bill will deliver cleaner air for all by requiring the government to set targets on air quality, including for fine particulate matter, the most damaging pollutant to human health.Councils and other relevant public bodies will be required to work together more closely to tackle local air quality issues, and it will be easier for local authorities to enforce restrictions on s...The Bill gives the government the power to make vehicle manufacturers recall vehicles if they do not comply with relevant environmental standards, ensuring illegally polluting vehicles are taken of...Air pollution comes from a diverse range of sources, including industry, transport, burning of solid fuels in the home, and the use of cleaning products. It poses the single greatest environmental risk to human health. Now the UK has left the EU, we have the opportunity to take a more tailored approach to UK action on air quality even as we continu...
The Environment Bill delivers key aspects of our Clean Air Strategy with the aim of maximising health benefits for our citizens and sits alongside our wider action on air quality.
The fine particulate matter (PM2.5) target
In the Clean Air Strategy, the government committed to setting a new long-term target on air quality, in order to reduce exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The Bill delivers on this key commitment by introducing a duty to set a target for PM2.5. The government is committed to evidence-based policy making, and will consider the WHO’s annual mean guideline level for PM2.5 when setting the target, alongside independent expert advice, evidence and analysis on a diversity of factors – fr...
Transport and air pollution
Effective action to address air pollution requires action beyond transport, across all areas of government and society, as highlighted in our Clean Air Strategy. Additionally, we are already taking significant measures to reduce emissions from transport. We have put in place a £3.8 billon plan to reduce harmful emissions from road transport, and almost £2 billion of this has been invested in cycling and walking over this Parliament. As part of the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan, the UK will e...
Raising awareness about the effects of air pollution on health
Defra makes air pollution information available through a range of channels, including the UK-Air website, twitterand telephone, and there are opportunities to sign up to email services for air pollution alerts and health advice. We also inform a network of charities (for example, the Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership, British Heart Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, British Thoracic Society and others) when air pollution is forecast to be elevated so they can inform their sub...
Jun 23, 2022 · On 8 July 2022, the second reading of the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill is scheduled to take place. This bill seeks to improve air quality in England and Wales. It would establish a human right to clean air and would require the government to limit the concentration of pollutants in the air in accordance with World Health Organization guidelines and scientific evidence.
The Environment Act allows the UK to enshrine better environmental protection into law. It provides the Government with powers to set new binding targets, including for air quality, water, biodiversity, and waste reduction. These should be ambitious, meaningful and informed by experts. The Act also established a new environmental watchdog, the ...
Oct 31, 2023 · Long title. A Bill to establish the right to breathe clean air; to make provision for the purpose of reducing indoor and outdoor air pollution, including greenhouse gases; to set minimum standards for air quality in workplaces, homes and public spaces; to require the monitoring of air quality; to require the Secretary of State to publish a ...
May 22, 2018 · Today the Environment Secretary Michael Gove has published a Clean Air Strategy which aims to cut air pollution and save lives, backed up through new primary legislation.. Air pollution is the ...
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Jul 8, 2022 · Indeed, Clause 1 (1) states: “Everyone has the right to breathe clean air and the Human Rights Act 1998 is to be read as though this were a Convention right.”. This is putting into the European convention an explicit reference to clean air. Science does not stand still, nor does human behaviour.
