The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) from the USA has conducted the largest study to date providing evidence of the link between air pollution and dementia. Airborne particles known as PM2.5 damage brain tissue and increase the risk of developing dementia. Every increase of 10 µg/m3 in the concentration of PM2.5 particles raises

Though being the capital of combustion engine (1886 – Mercedes Benz), entering and driving through Stuttgart will impress you with the amount of greenery along the streets and in parking areas. These corridors are not placed randomly — they are part of a plan designed to direct cooler air from the surrounding hills toward the

Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom measured particulate matter (PM) pollution in three households over a two-week period. They found that pollution levels indoors were higher and more variable than outdoors. One household exceeded World Health Organization limits for PM2.5 on nine out of fourteen days. Activities such as cooking, smoking,

Research has shown that, in addition to massive destruction and direct loss of life, wildfire smoke poses a health risk to populations far beyond the immediate fire zone. As many as 1.6 million deaths per year worldwide are attributed to wildfire smoke and its effects on respiratory diseases, heart attacks and strokes, worsening of type

Ella was a little girl born in East London in 2004 with no health issues. She was active in sports and shared the same interests as her peers. When she turned seven, Ella began experiencing breathing difficulties, and after several hospitalizations, she was diagnosed with asthma. None of the available tests could identify the cause

Although Bosnia and Herzegovina is a signatory to the Aarhus Convention, it has still not ratified its key supplement — the PRTR Protocol — which requires publicly accessible registers of releases and transfers of harmful substances from industrial facilities into air, water, and soil. This protocol is essential for ensuring transparency, polluter accountability, and timely

*The latest report by the CEE Bankwatch Network shows that outdated coal-fired power plants in the Western Balkans once again exceeded emission limits in 2024: total sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions were six times higher than the legal limit set by the National Emission Reduction Plans (NERP) for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

Although 80 million euros have been invested in the desulfurization system so far, Ugljevik TPP emits 50 times more sulfur dioxide compared to Europe’s largest polluter, the PGE Bełchatów power plant in Poland. The emission of particulate matter reaches up to 1000 mg/m3, while the desulfurization project was supposed to reduce it below 50 mg.

The Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission launched the “European Mobility Week” campaign back in 2002, and it is now organized every year in more than 3,000 cities around the world. This year’s theme is “Mobility for All,” and the coordinator of the campaign is the Center for the Environment from Banja Luka. The

North Macedonia plans to subsidize the purchase of 200 electric vehicles for taxi drivers in order to improve urban transport and reduce air pollution. The country’s first move toward electrifying public transport was announced last year by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, who stated that 100–120 electric buses would be purchased. The average price of the