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The G20's first-ever declaration on air quality marks a rare moment of cooperation in an increasingly fractured multilateral system. Meeting in Cape Town, environment and climate ministers agreed a stand-alone declaration recognising the health, economic and environmental toll of air pollution. They committed to closer collaboration on monitoring, data, technology, capacity and the mobilisation of finance to tackle the problem.
Clean Air Fund welcomes the adoption of the Cape Town Declaration on Air Quality by G20 Environment and Climate Ministers, the first-time air quality has appeared on the G20 agenda in its own right.
The declaration recognises that cleaner air is essential for health, prosperity and sustainable development. It calls for stronger cooperation between G20 members on tackling cross- border air pollution, on open and reliable air-quality data and on sharing best available technologies to support cleaner air.
Jane Burston, Founder and CEO of Clean Air Fund, said:
"The G20 has said that cleaning our air must be a global priority. The Cape Town Declaration is a turning point — matching recognition of air pollution's vast impacts with
practical steps to tackle it through better data, stronger capability and cross-border cooperation. It proves that even in a difficult geopolitical moment, the world can agree that everyone should have the right to breathe clean air."
