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Vienna, Austria
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Paris, France
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New York, USA
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Geneva, Switzerland
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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. The first WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health was held in which city? Notes: The first Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health was held at World Health Organisation (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva on October 30, 2018.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first world conference on the environment The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm was the first world conference to make the environment a major issue.
Detailed explanation-3: -WHO data show that almost all of the global 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. Air quality is closely linked to the earth’s climate and ecosystems globally.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sporadic measurements of air quality began in the late nineteenth century, especially by Robert Angus Smith in the UK [7], the first scientist to attempt multisite, multipollutant investigations of the chemical climatology of the polluted atmosphere.