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The coronavirus has exposed the vulnerability of global transport networks. Now is the time to consolidate the widespread shift to active travel, protect public transport and remove dirty cars from our streets. The alternative creates the prospect of ‘carmaggedon’, with choking air and dangerous roads.

We want to help build a world where everyone can breathe clean air. To get there, the issue needs more funding, which is well coordinated and sustained for a decent time.

Analysis from CBI Economics, commissioned by the Clean Air Fund quantifies the economic benefit to the UK of meeting the World Health Organization's air quality guidelines.

Jane Burston Executive Director at the Clean Air Fund and Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Economist at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) have shown that you can indeed put a price on clean air.

Ban Ki Moon endorses the State of Global Air Quality Funding 2020 report, the only global overview of funding for air quality initiatives, which aims to help increase funds and foster collaboration between governments, foundations and other key players.

This new research reveals the most effective type of climate campaign - and when to run them.

The research supports calls for governments to prioritise clean air in COVID-19 recovery packages

This piece first appeared on the World Economic Forum blog. Katherine Garrett-Cox is the Chief Executive Officer, Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd and Clean Air Fund Chair.

The coronavirus pandemic has made it clearer than ever that human and planetary health are intimately interconnected.

This article was first published on World Economic Forum and is reprinted with permission.