No images? Click here https://hq_who_departmentofcommunications.cmail20.com/t/d-e-strlhz-iitylyihjr-u/ Tuesday,11 February 2025 SAVE THE DATE Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health 25 to 27 March 2025 in Cartagena,Colombia The World Health Organization’s Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health Accelerating action for clean air,clean energy access and climate change mitigation will be held in Centro de convenciones,Cartagena de Indias,Colombia from 25 to 27 March,with pre- and post-conference sessions on 24 and 28 March 2025. The event is open to journalists with a valid Conference accreditation. Media accreditation Media accreditation is reserved for members of the press who represent a bona fide media organization. Please submit your accreditation request by 04 March 2025: [https://cvent.me/0Zm7Wq] Questions about media accreditation can be addressed to [] Media moments,photography and multimedia Media advisory: an advisory with all the details about the Conference,including the programme and the speakers will be issued closer to the timeMedia centre: A designated media centre will be available at the Conference site,opening hours are from 08.00 to 18.00 COT (GMT-5)Press conferences: two press conferences are planned,a curtain-raiser in mid-March (virtual) and a closing one at the end of the Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health (hybrid). Media advisories with relevant information will be sent in due course.Expert interviews: WHO experts are available for interviews before,during and after the Conference. Please send your request to []Webcast: plenary sessions and selected parallel session will be live-streamed on the Conference webpagePhotography: a selection of images will be made available to the pressUpdates: Follow?@WHO?and #CleanAir4Health2025 #BreatheLife #HealthForAll #CleanAirNow #AireLimpioySalud2025#RespiraVida About the Conference The WHO’s Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health Accelerating action for clean air,clean energy access and climate change mitigation will serve as a crucial platform for experts,policymakers,and stakeholders from around the globe to converge and address the interlinked issues of air quality,energy production,and public health. It will highlight policy solutions for air pollution and lack of energy access and catalyse evidence-based,multi-sectoral actions in cities,countries and regions. This will be an in-person event,with some sessions webcast. Participation for the delegates is by invitation only. Please see this page [https://web.cvent.com/event/61ed4b57-38c5-4b6a-8560-7f0e56ce1d27/summary] for further information about the Conference,including the agenda,programme and the speakers. About air pollution Air pollution is a major? threat to health [https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/air-quality-energy-and-health/health-impacts],leading to about 7 million premature deaths every year from increased mortality from stroke,heart disease,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. Actions to reduce air pollution are triple-win solutions: improving air quality by implementing well-known and readily available solutions prevents premature deaths,improves health,drives sustainable economic development and mitigates climate change. Additional information: Concept note [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/concept-note–second-global-conference-on-air-pollution-and-health] for the Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health WHO’s work on air quality,energy and health [https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/air-quality-energy-and-health]Factsheets: Ambient (outdoor) air pollution [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ambient-(outdoor)-air-quality-and-health],Household air pollution [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/household-air-pollution-and-health],Sand and dust storms [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sand-and-dust-storms] BreatheLife campaign [https://breathelife2030.org] Contacts: Inquiries about the Conference (programme,agenda,logistics): []Questions about media accreditations: []Interview requests: [] Media contacts: