Global Future Council on the Future of Clean Air

Council mission and objectives

Data shows that air pollution is taking more than 2 years off global average life expectancy, and about 5 years off life expectancy in the most polluted regions. How can progress be made towards WHO guidelines for air quality monitoring and modelling, evidence-based policymaking, open governance, and citizen science?

Co-Chair
Jane Burston, Executive Director, Clean Air Fund

Tolu Oni, Director, Global Diet and Activity Research Group and Network, MRC Epidemiology, University of Cambridge


Council Managers
Roderick Weller, Project Lead, Clean Air, World Economic Forum

Shannon Engstrom, Specialist, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum

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