Authors: Christopher Crompton, Michael Nicholson, Emma Watkins

Progress has been made on air quality in the UK and across Europe in recent decades. However, data on the number of premature deaths linked to air pollution are a sober reminder of the seriousness of poor air quality and the need to continue to demand stricter emission limits or tighter standards to reduce air pollution further.

This report provides a ‘state of play’ comparative assessment of EU/UK (England) air quality policy, identifying areas where alignment with the EU would mean better UK standards and provide a useful milestone towards achieving WHO guideline limits for major pollutants. Building upon some of IEEP UK’s recent work in this area, it examines developments around air quality legislation as well as those areas of policy which interact and intersect with it, including climate, transport, energy, industrial pollution control and land, agriculture and nature protection legislation.

You can download the full report below.

This work is part of a programme supported by Impact on Urban Health.

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