The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report titled Reducing global health risks through mitigation of short-lived climate pollutants. The report was produced in collaboration of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, a voluntary global partnership of governments, intergovernmental organizations, businesses, scientific institutions and civil society.

WHO rated more than 20 affordable measures to mitigate short-lived climate pollutants including vehicle emissions standards, switching from fossil fuels to renewables, reducing food waste and improving household cooking fuels, to see which have the greatest potential to prevent climate change.

The organization also noted that reducing vehicle emissions by implementing higher emissions and efficiency standards could reduce black carbon and other co-pollutants from fossil fuels, improve air quality and reduce the disease burden attributable to outdoor air pollution.

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• WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with international public health.
• It was established on 7 April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
• The WHO is responsible for the World Health Report, a leading international publication on health.
• The head of WHO is Margaret Chan.

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