International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2023: The International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies is observed annually on September 7 in recognition of the importance of clean air to people’s health and daily lives, despite the fact that air pollution is the single greatest environmental risk to human health and one of the leading preventable causes of death and disease worldwide.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz: September 2023
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, Theme
The fourth annual International Day of Clean Air for blue skies will focus on the theme, ‘Together for Clean Air’. The theme aims to highlight the urgent need for stronger partnerships, increased investment, and shared responsibility for overcoming air pollution. It also emphasises the direct impact of air pollution on human and ecosystem health, as well as the shared responsibility to safeguard the environment and provide clean air for all.
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, Significance
According to WHO, almost everyone (99 % of the global population) breathes polluted air. The transboundary nature of air pollution calls for local, national, regional, and global partnerships to tackle the problem. This year’s theme highlights that it is time to invest, work together, and contribute to clean air. Collaboration with UN member states, development organizations, international and regional organizations, the private sector, and civil society is crucial to reducing pollution and improving air quality.
Everyone has a part to play in cleaning our air and protecting our health, and everyone can benefit from it: a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, including clean air, is integral to the full enjoyment of a wide range of human rights.
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, History
The Second Committee of the 74th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution recognising September 7 as the “International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies” on November 26, 2019. The resolution stresses the importance of, and urgent need to, raise public awareness at all levels and to promote and facilitate actions to improve air quality.
By resolution 74/212 of 22 January 2020, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) designated the Day to emphasize the need to make further efforts to improve air quality, including reducing air pollution, to protect human health.
