00:00If you don't like hearing about pollution but still breathe every day, then you need to know.
00:05Earth's air just hit a terrifying new record.
00:07In 2024, global air pollution broke records.
00:11Atmospheric CO2 surged past 427 parts per million, a staggering 50% higher than before the industrial era.
00:18And those tiny particles called PM2.5?
00:22They're at record highs in cities from South Asia to Africa.
00:26Air pollution kills around 8 million people every year.
00:29Nearly 700,000 of them are kids under 5.
00:3299% of us breathe air that's more polluted than what the World Health Organization considers safe.
00:37The main culprit?
00:39Burning fossil fuels, coal, oil, gas, and wildfires fueled by climate change.
00:44The worst hit regions?
00:45Places like Chad, Bangladesh, India, and Congo.
00:48But there's hope.
00:50Some pollutants are dropping in parts of the world, and new air monitoring projects are expanding fast.
00:55The bottom line?
00:56We know how to fix this, but action can't wait.
00:59Clean air isn't a privilege.
01:01It's a right.
01:02And it's up to us to demand it.
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