Why London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone is vital for the health of the capital

The document supports the introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London to combat illegal air pollution, which is primarily caused by road transport and diesel vehicles. It highlights the severe health impacts on children, including reduced lung capacity and increased risk of asthma, and notes that ULEZ could bring London's air within legal limits by 2025. The author criticizes the UK government for failing to hold car manufacturers accountable or provide sufficient financial support for low-income drivers to switch to cleaner vehicles, contrasting this with actions taken in Germany.

• Air pollution in London has negatively impacted children's health, with research from King’s College London indicating that breathing pollution has reduced the lung capacity of youngsters in the capital, increasing their risk of bronchitis and asthma.
• Road transport is responsible for approximately 80% of the problem in areas where nitrogen dioxide legal limits are exceeded, with diesel vehicles identified as the primary source.
• The implementation of policies like the ULEZ could result in London's air meeting legal pollution limits by 2025 and could reduce the number of schools exposed to illegally high pollution from nearly 500 to zero by that same year.
• The author contends that the UK government has failed to make car manufacturers pay for the pollution crisis or provide a support programme for low-income individuals to switch to cleaner transport, unlike in Germany where automakers contributed 250 million euros to a clean air fund.

APA

ClientEarth (2019). Why London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone is vital for the health of the capital. https://www.clientearth.org/latest/news/why-london-s-new-ultra-low-emission-zone-is-vital-for-the-health-of-the-capital/

Chicago

ClientEarth. Why London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone is vital for the health of the capital. 2019. https://www.clientearth.org/latest/news/why-london-s-new-ultra-low-emission-zone-is-vital-for-the-health-of-the-capital/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=ClientEarth |title=Why London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone is vital for the health of the capital |date=18 April 2019 |url=https://www.clientearth.org/latest/news/why-london-s-new-ultra-low-emission-zone-is-vital-for-the-health-of-the-capital/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2019why, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Why London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone is vital for the health of the capital}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2019}, month = apr, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/latest/news/why-london-s-new-ultra-low-emission-zone-is-vital-for-the-health-of-the-capital/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }