Wildfire Air Pollution Threatens Progress on Global Air Quality, Warns WMO

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Emissions from cars and industries have decreased. But air quality is still not improving. A new UN report says extreme heat and forest fires are erasing many efforts made to improve the climate.

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The increasing number of heat waves and wildfires is threatening efforts to improve air quality, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned this week. In its annual air quality report, the UN agency also warned that smoke from extreme forest fires has major health impacts.

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Increased lung and heart disease comes from forest fire pollution and increased tropospheric ozone caused by heat waves.