Archive for September 7th, 2025

07/09/2025

‘Air Pollution Is the Biggest Environmental Health Risk of Our Time’

Human Wrongs Watch

By the United Nations*

Racing for Air. Every Breath Matters

Frosty Morning in Pingjum Friesland, The Netherlands

Frosty morning in Pingjum Friesland, The Netherlands.

PHOTO:WMO Photostream/Anna Zuidema

Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk of our time. It also exacerbates climate change, causes economic losses, and reduces agricultural productivity.

It knows no borders – everyone has a responsibility to protect our atmosphere and ensure healthy air for all.

By collaborating across borders, sectors, and silos, we can reduce air pollution through collective investments of time, resources and efforts.

This International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, (7 September) , we call upon everyone — from governments and corporations to civil society and individuals — to join the race for solutions.

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07/09/2025

A Borehole in Mozambique Breaks the Long Thirst of a Community Torn by Conflict

Human Wrongs Watch

By the International Organization for Migration (IOM)*

Naminaue, Mozambique, 3 September 2025 – “This water is sweet,” says Merina, watching clear water flow from a newly rehabilitated borehole in Naminaue, northern Mozambique.

For the past five years she has lived in this displacement site, and for her, the taste of clean water brings back a rare sense of normalcy after years of conflict and loss.

Before displacement, Merina’s life in Litamanda village in Macomia District was steady. Her family farmed maize, rice, and sweet potatoes, slept on proper beds, and even watched Brazilian soap operas on television.

That ended the day armed groups attacked. Merina lost her husband in the violence and fled with nothing.

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