Being able to breathe clean air should be a human right but, according to the World Health Organization 99% of the world’s population lives in areas exceeding safe pollution limits, which has huge impacts on public health. Air pollution, climate impacts, and social justice are three sides of the same issue, demanding an intersectional response that not only makes space for the voices of the most impacted, but also the most disenfranchised.  Image Credit: Photo by Sai De Silva on Unsplash Featured in this episode: The Great Smog of London, 1952, BBC Archive, Originally broadcast 5 December, 1962 Featured guests: Agnes Agyepong is the founder and CEO of Global Black Maternal Health (GBMH), an organisation placing research and agency back into the hands of Black communities as change agents in their own health narratives. Key areas of research at GBMH include the impact of air pollution on Black women and their children. GBMH also supports the “Black Child Clean Air” initiative and the “Clean Air Wins” campaign. Dolly Oladini is C40’s Senior Manager for Air Quality, bringing together global cities within the C40 Air Quality Network to share best practices and solutions for improving international air quality. Dolly previously worked as a senior policy officer for the mayor of London, where she promoted the T-Charge and Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) policies. Links The Cost of Fossil Gas: Policy Recommendations for a Clean Energy Transition and a Swift Gas Phase-out in Cities A Pathway to Prioritizing and Delivering Healthy and Sustainable Cities C40 Clean Air Accelerator C40 Knowledge Hub - Air Quality Resources Breathe Cities unveils new cohort of cities to join ambitious initiative to fight toxic air pollution If you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website: https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/ Cities 1.5 is a podcast by University of Toronto Press and is produced in association with the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy. Our executive producers are Dali Carmichael and Peggy Whitfield. Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/ Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/