Clean air must be the right of every child

Today, on International Children’s Day, more than 1.8 billion children under the age of 15 are breathing air so polluted that it poses serious risks to their health and development.

As the Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrates its 30th anniversary, it’s time to make access to clean air — like access to clean water — the right of every child, writes Sara Alsén, Chief Purpose Officer at Swedish Blueair, a manufacturer of air purifiers.

In 1989, more than 170 states agreed to the Convention, making it the most widely ratified human rights treaty.

But children today face different challenges than those of 30 years ago.

Air pollution is a major challenge among the leading threats to child health. Nine out of 10 children breathe air that exceeds pollution levels deemed safe by the World Health Organization and, by 2050, Unicef predicts that air pollution will become the leading cause of child mortality.

Yet clean air is not among the rights of children worldwide.

The next generation will be physically unhealthier

Breathing polluted air promises to make the…

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