With the revision of the EU’s ambient air quality directives, proposed on Wednesday 26 October, the European Commission aims to update and tighten up legislation that has proven successful in cleaning up the air but has failed to curb air pollution - the leading environmental cause of health impacts in the EU, with some 300,000 premature deaths per year in 2019 in the EU, as well as a host of respiratory diseases and cancers.
96% of EU city dwellers are still exposed to air pollution...