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Nordic capitals rank as cleanest in updated European city air quality viewer
What is the level of air pollution in your city? Stockholm, Reykjavik and Helsinki rank as the cleanest European capital cities in terms of air quality in the updated European Environment Agency’s (EEA) European city air quality viewer published today.
Premature deaths due to exposure to fine particulate matter in Europe
The European Commission's zero pollution action plan (ZPAP) sets a target to reduce the health impacts of air pollution by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 2005. Between 2005 and 2023, the number of premature deaths in the EU-27 Member States attributable to PM 2.5 concentrations above 5µg/m 3 fell by 57%, achieving the target for 2023. Despite ongoing improvements, there were still 182,000 premature deaths attributable to PM 2.5 in the EU-27 in 2023.
Particulate matter from natural sources and related reporting under the EU Air Quality Directive in 2008 and 2009
Much of the air pollution that damages human health and the environment today is the result of human activities. But natural sources also emit air pollutants, contributing to the exposure of European citizens and ecosystems to bad air quality and potentially undermining EU Member State efforts to meet the air quality standards set out in EU legislation.