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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that air pollution kills seven million people every year globally: 4.2 million from outdoor air pollution, and 3.8 million from indoor air pollution from burning wood and charcoal.
Considering all the issues, addressing air pollution is essential for adopting and mitigating climate change and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards. Targets of particular relevance to ambient and household air pollution include: SDG target 3.9.1, which calls for a substantial reduction in deaths and illnesses from air pollution. SDG target 7.1.2, which aims to ensure access to clean energy in homes. SDG target 11.6.2, to reduce the environmental impact of cities by improving air quality. And SDG 13 -- climate change among others required to address properly…
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Air pollution is playing havoc with human life
PARVEZ BABUL, The Daily Observer, April 27, 2025.
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Parvez Babul
Award-winning environment, climate change and health journalist in Bangladesh.
email: parvezbabul@gmail.com; parvezbabul@yahoo.com
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PARVEZ BABUL
• Executive Editor: News Now Bangla ; Columnist to the mainstream English newspapers include the Daily Star, Daily Observer, Business Post among others;
• Feminist Foreign Policy Fellow of IMPRI and Asia Foundation
• General Secretary: Bangladesh Association for Social Communication (BASCOM);
• Radio/ Audio and Video Storyteller, Award-winning Journalist, Poet, Author, Environment Activist.
• Expertise: Project Management, Public Relations, Strategic Communications and Media consultant. My write up incorporated in the text curriculum at the Connecticut University, America. Title: Women Food Security and Climate Change in Bangladesh;
• Media Fellow: ICIMOD Nepal, IDRC Canada, PANOS South Asia, Nepal, GAIA Philippines and other globally reputed organizations;
• Participation: COP 22 of UNFCCC in Morocco, 2016; International Conferences on Environment, Climate Change, Migration, Women, Disasters at home and abroad.
• Cell phone and WhatsApp: : + 88-01711-802013;
• Email: parvezbabul@gmail.com ; parveyzbabul@yahoo.com;
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parvez.babul
HIFA profile: Parvez Babul is a health journalist in Bangladesh and write articles on health, nutrition, gender, women's empowerment, climate change and development issues in national international newspapers. His book: Women's Empowerment, Food Security and Climate Change has been published in February this year. He is the Convener of Bangladesh Climate Change Journalists Forum. He has been working to improve health and nutrition situation of the women and children in Bangladesh through working with an international voluntary organization. Parvez Babul welcomes email from the members of HIFA at: parvezbabulATyahoo.com, parvezbabul AT gmail.com