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Caldas, Colombia

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Caldas is a region of 1 million residents in the Colombia’s dramatically mountainous coffee country, close to half of whom live in its main city, Manizales. Tackling air pollution in Manizales is a shared process and challenge, led by government, academia and civil society and drawing on the strengths of all. Local and regional emission sources affect the air quality in Manizales and Caldas, contributing particulate matter and gases. These include road transport, industrial facilities and the active volcano Nevado del Ruíz (located 27 km from the city). Emission controls efforts have focused mainly on road transport emissions.

"Pollution control efforts in Caldas are largely centred in Manizales, a dynamic university city where public and private sectors draw on local strengths to implement all the activities and campaigns needed to prevent and control air pollution in the city. Improving air quality is a multi-stakeholder effort: government, academia, civil society and the private sector have defined roles in the crafting, promoting, funding and implementing of policies, monitoring and analysis of the required data and knowledge, and the reporting and setting of key indicators."

Juan David Arango Gartner, General Director, Corpodcaldas
The Air Pollution in

Caldas , Colombia

Member BreatheLife
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240%
OVER THE SAFE LEVEL PM2.5 annual exposure*

*PM 2.5 concentrations measured in micrograms of particles per cubic meter of air (µg/m3) Data: WHO Global Platform on Air Quality & Health

WHO Guideline (10)Lowest level at which premature mortality risk increases in response to long-term exposure

Interim target 1 (35)Associated with 15% higher premature mortality relative to the WHO guideline of 10 µg/m3

Interim target 2 (25)Associated with 6% lower premature mortality risk relative to Interim Target 1 (35 µg/m3)

Interim target 3 (15)Associated with 6% lower premature mortality risk relative to Interim Target 2 (25 µg/m3)

More about the data

Air Quality & Health Burden Colombia

19,397 Annual Deaths from air pollution
Outdoor AIR POLLUTION

Leading Killer

Ischemic heart disease

National Air Quality

17

annual average PM 2.5

Household AIR POLLUTION

Leading Killer

Ischemic heart disease

Child Deaths (0-5yrs)

107

per year

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