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UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

Green Car Congress

The findings come a week ahead of the COP 22 in Marrakesh, Morocco, where UNICEF is calling on world leaders to take urgent action to cut air pollution in their countries. van Donkelaar, A., Martin, M.Brauer, N. Lyapustin, A. Sayer, and D. Technol doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05833. 5b05833.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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It started in 2016 when I set myself a small challenge: how do you travel without money and in an electric car from the Netherlands to Australia ? The journey to Mauritania also attracted me because it went through Southern Spain and Morocco, where I had never been before. Travelling by train in Morocco is really good.