Air pollution is the second cause of death behind hypertension, and represents 8.1 million premature deaths worldwide in 2021. More than 700,000 of these deaths were of children under 5 years of age. The main pollutants affecting health are NO2, tropospheric O3 and particular matter of different sizes. Most of the emissions of these pollutants occur in cities and are associated to road traffic. In order to improve air quality, especially in cities, changes should be implemented related to land use, mobility, greening, and housing.

The talk will present the current situation and some of the solutions already implemented or at least modeled.

Dr. David Pino is Professor of the physics department at UPC, and member of the Environmental Health working group of the Catalan Pediatric Society (https://futur.upc.edu/DavidPinoGonzalez).

After the Seminar we invite you to join us in the Cafe de la Llum for the Bake Sale!

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