The UN-led global campaign has nominated an esteemed group of global leaders to advocate and raise ambitions for action on air pollution, climate change and public health
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Washington DC – March 28, 2025 – The BreatheLife campaign, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and others, has awarded Dominique Browning, Director and Co-Founder of Moms Clean Air Force the “BreatheLife Voice” honor. As a BreatheLife Voice, Browning joins an international contingent of leaders who use their respective platforms to call attention to the dangers of polluted air and support commitments for solutions that will clean up pollution, achieve equitable energy access, mitigate climate change and enhance public health.
Browning and other BreatheLife Voices were formally recognized at the WHO’s Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health in Cartagena this week. The impressive cohort of advocacy voices includes Ms. Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah (Clean Air Activist, Founder of the Ella Roberta Foundation), Rachel Chebet Ruto (First Lady of Kenya), and Nuseir Yassin (Nas Daily).
The first prominent voice of the BreatheLife campaign was Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, a clean air advocate from the UK whose daughter died from severe asthma exacerbated by air pollution. Rosamund has been a leading voice in the fight for cleaner air and public health.
In her role as a BreatheLife Voice, Browning will continue to mobilize members of Moms Clean Air Force on behalf of U.S. families facing the health impacts of living near pollution sources such as power plants, oil and gas operations, transportation infrastructure, and the petrochemical industry, as well as living with the thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday household products. Moms is a national “mom-partisan” community of more than 1.5 million moms, dads and caregivers committed to securing a healthy future for all children by protecting them from air pollution, toxic chemicals and the impacts of global warming.
“Everyone in the world is impacted by our warming climate and its attendant extreme weather conditions. Everyone in the world is impacted by the petrochemicals and plastics crises we are facing. These issues are intertwined. Industrial air pollution compounds the burden on communities—and infants and children suffer the most,” said Browning. “Their still-developing hearts, lungs, brains and endocrine systems are uniquely vulnerable to pollution. Every single day, Moms Clean Air Force members take action to raise the alarm and to support initiatives to stop air, climate and toxic chemical pollution. As parents, grandparents, caregivers, friends—simply as human beings—we have no choice, even when the odds are against us, but to continue the fight for a healthier world for all of our children. I am honored to join such an impressive group of fellow fighters in being selected as a BreatheLife Voice.”
BreatheLife Voices are part of a larger UN-led BreatheLife campaign, a coordinated effort that brings together global leaders to raise international awareness and activate a response on air pollution, climate change and global health. Launched in 2016 at the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, the campaign calls for commitments that target cleaner air by 2030. Almost 80 countries, regions and cities have joined the BreatheLife Network as members, setting ambitious goals to meet WHO’s air quality guidelines and targets. WHO is the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the UN system.
Dr. Maria Neira, Director of Environment, Climate Change and Health at WHO added, “The BreatheLife campaign aims to drive actions towards clean air and has the essential task of raising awareness about the dangers of breathing in contaminated air across the globe. By bridging the gaps between different stakeholders, we hope to engage a global audience so that we may all work together to improve our Earth’s air quality for all. Ms. Browning will be instrumental in that effort, especially on behalf of our globe’s children.”
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE, BreatheLife Voice, added, “I am delighted to have Dominique join me working with the World Health Organisation (WHO). Nothing is more important than protecting children’s health – and I know Dominique shares my passion and commitment to try and stop children from dying from air pollution. She is a force of nature, and I think it will be incredibly powerful to unite more parents with the BreatheLife campaign. Every child, no matter where they live, how much money they have or the colour of their skin, has the right to breathe clean, safe air. We owe it to all the children in the world to continue to fight to make air pollution a thing of the past and clean air their future.”
According to the WHO, air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year from negative health consequences such as lung cancer, heart disease, and strokes. Additionally, nearly all of the globe’s population (99%) breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits and contains high levels of pollutants, with low- and middle-income countries suffering from the highest exposures.