Priority should increase for prevention and early detection of diseases rather than cure of the symptoms.Use of AI and big data to identify trends in health by regions, for encouraging prevention of potential...
- Air pollution remains the single largest environmental health hazard in Europe, resulting in a lower quality of life due to illnesses and an estimated over 500,000 premature deaths (1) per year.
- Some 85% of the urban population (2) in the EU is being exposed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at levels deemed harmful to health.
- Up to 30% of small particulate matter emissions (1) in European cities come from road transport. Transport in general is responsible for over 70% of CO2 emissions in the EU.
| Related Megatrends: Urbanisation; Climate and environment
1. EC, The future of road transport – what we will drive, if we still drive at all
2. EEA, Stronger measures needed to tackle harm from air pollution
| Originally Published | Last Updated | 23 Oct 2018 | 25 Jun 2019 |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Foresight | The Megatrends Hub | Shifting health challenges |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | climate changepollutionpublic healthquality of lifehealth policyair pollution |
Pollution and air quality are among the main factors increasing health problems and reducing life expectancy in cities; therefore, stricter regulations for limiting harmful emissions...