Urban Air Pollution

1.9 million Cape Town residents face high to very high air pollution risk, new UCT research reveals

More than 40% of Cape Town’s population is exposed to high or very high air pollution risk, according to a new UCT study that reveals sharp environmental inequalities across the…

Sheree Bega

5 min read

Outdoor air quality funding to sub-Saharan Africa collapsed by 91% in just one year, falling from $129 million in 2022 to a mere $11.8 million in 2023.
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AIR QUALITY FUNDING AFRICA

8 OCT 2025

Clean air crisis: Sub-Saharan Africa left with less than 1% of global funding

Fossil fuel projects soar while African cities face ‘clean-air finance desert’

Sheree Bega

8 min read