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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Used Vehicles and the Environment - A Global Overview of Used Light Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation , the first report of its kind, calls for action to fill the current policy vacuum with the adoption of harmonized minimum quality standards that will ensure used vehicles contribute to cleaner, safer fleets in importing countries.

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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

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JUNE 26, 2021

Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) set out to investigate whether the amount of PM 2.5 The study was part of the Clean Air Engineering for Cities (CArE-Cities) project and builds upon its previous work around car exposure.

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Drivers from the world’s poorest cities who keep their windows down are exposed to 80% more air pollution

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AUGUST 7, 2020

The study was part of the Clean Air Engineering for Cities (CArE-Cities) project. CArE-Cities involves 11 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) listed countries and aspires to bring cleaner air to cities by building a knowledge exchange platform.

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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

Drivers from the world’s poorest cities who keep their windows down are exposed to 80% more air pollution

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