Dirty air is the world’s biggest environmental killer, responsible for at least 4 million early deaths a year. It's more than HIV/Aids, malaria, and tuberculosis together. However, aid toward air quality improvement projects is lacking. The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2021 report is the most authoritative global analysis of official development and philanthropic investment into projects tackling air pollution. Here are the key issues from the report: Despite marginal increases in funding, much more needs to be done to counter the harms caused by air pollution. Between 2015 and 2020, official development funding on air quality projects amounted to less than 1% of all aid funding. Governments that address this blind spot can rapidly deliver huge benefits for people. 21% more official development funding was channelled into projects prolonging fossil fuel usage than into projects promoting air quality in 2019 and 2020. Funders must end all new fossil fuel exploration and production, and invest in renewable energies to protect our air. Countries in Africa and Latin America are receiving the least financial support to improve air quality, despite pollution claiming over half a million lives annually, and that number is rising. #WorldCleanAirDay Read more: https://www.cleanairfund.org/blog-post/global-funding-2021/