Clean Air Parents Network: General Election 2019 Toolkit

The Clean Air Parents’ Network, supported by ClientEarth and the British Lung Foundation, issued this toolkit for the 2019 UK General Election. It urges voters to pressure candidates to adopt a pledge focusing on protecting children's health, implementing Clean Air Zones, and meeting World Health Organization particulate matter guidelines by 2030. The document provides factual talking points on the public health crisis caused by road transport emissions and offers practical tools for campaigning, including email templates, social media strategies, and questions for hustings.

• The Clean Air Parents’ Network asks candidates to commit to a three-part pledge: taking urgent action to protect children's health where they live, learn and play; implementing Clean Air Zones to remove polluting vehicles from towns and cities while providing support for cleaner transport; and adopting new laws with a binding commitment to meet World Health Organization guideline levels for particulate matter pollution by 2030.
• The document identifies road transport, specifically diesel vehicles, as the primary source of illegal and harmful air pollution in UK towns and cities, emitting both nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter.
• Air pollution is described as a public health crisis in the UK, with the government reportedly breaking air pollution laws since 2010, leading ClientEarth to take the government to court on three separate occasions.
• The toolkit highlights that air pollution disproportionately affects children, older people, those with pre-existing conditions like asthma and COPD, and people living in the most disadvantaged areas.

APA

ClientEarth (2019). Clean Air Parents Network: General Election 2019 Toolkit. https://www.clientearth.org/media/yvgf5zb5/clean-air-parents-network-general-election-2019-toolkit-coll-en.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Clean Air Parents Network: General Election 2019 Toolkit. 2019. https://www.clientearth.org/media/yvgf5zb5/clean-air-parents-network-general-election-2019-toolkit-coll-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{clientearth2019clean, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Clean Air Parents Network: General Election 2019 Toolkit}}, institution = {ClientEarth}, year = {2019}, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/yvgf5zb5/clean-air-parents-network-general-election-2019-toolkit-coll-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }