Environmental Protection UK
Environmental Protection UK (EPUK) is leading the Black Carbon Counts for Climate Campaign. EPUK is the UK’s oldest environmental charity, established in 1898. It has a strong reputation and history of working with and influencing policy-makers on the issues of air quality, land quality, waste and noise and their effects on people and communities in terms of public health, planning, transport, energy and climate.
The International Campaign
The UK Black Carbon Counts for Climate Campaign is part of a growing European campaign to address black carbon pollution, collectively known as the Soot Free for the Climate Campaign. The campaign started in Germany and is now active in Austria, Denmark, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungry and Poland.
Healthy Air Campaign
Our sister campaign is fighting for clean air in the UK. Every year poor air quality plays a part in up to 200,000 premature deaths in the UK, representing an invisible public health crisis. Black carbon contributes significantly to the quantity of harmful ‘particulate matter’ in the air, and reducing black carbon emissions will help make our air cleaner and healthier.
