A new article from D/Prof Lidia Morawska in Nature clearly outlines the need to act now for clean air:
👉 Clean air is not a privilege but a right
👉 Governments must fulfill their duty to provide access to clean air (both outdoors and indoors).
Dr. Morawska clearly lays out the need for clean indoor air:
🌍 99% of the world’s population breathes air that exceeds WHO pollution limits.
🫁 PM2.5 is a leading contributor to global disease burden, linked to cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, diabetes, infections, and neurological conditions.
🏢 We spend ~90% of our time indoors — yet indoor air remains largely unregulated.
🔥 Risks today include wildfires worsened by climate change, urban combustion emissions, and airborne infectious disease transmission.
Governments must legislate indoor air quality performance standards and improve building design standards for both new and existing buildings.
🔗 Read the full article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00108-8
📝 The Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air clearly establishes clean indoor air as a human right and seeks to drive government action toward healthy indoor air. View and sign at airclub.org.
QUT (Queensland University of Technology), Australian Research Council (ARC)
