Opinion

Health effects of air pollution

Impact on Urban Health

Opinion

21 Jul 2026

“We are the experts”: my experience co-creating clean air policy

Phool, a participant in OUR AIR, OUR VOICES, reflects on why the people most affected by air pollution should help shape the policies meant to protect them.

Urban health

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Natalie Lartey

Founder & Director, Wood & Water

Opinion

Centring the voices of young people in the fight for climate justice

Wood & Water partnered with Impact on Urban Health to explore how to make conversations around climate change, health inequalities and racism more inclusive. In this guest blog, Natalie Lartey from Wood & Water shares what we’ve learnt.

Children's mental health

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Carmen Sumadiwiria

Policy and Influencing Manager

Opinion

Why tackling child poverty isn’t just about cash

Policy and Influencing Manager Carmen Sumadiwiria explores how improving data sharing can work alongside investment to make a difference to children’s health.

Health effects of air pollution

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Ben Pearce

Head of Programme (Health effects of air pollution)

Opinion

We welcome ambitious air quality targets. Now comes the harder work of delivery.

The new Environmental Improvement Plan sets new targets for air quality. Can the Government meet them?

Urban health

Patrick Lee

Communications Manager

Opinion

Our changing climate is an urban health emergency

The climate crisis is making urban areas increasingly dangerous places to live, with marginalised communities in cities the most affected.

Urban health

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Rachel Dixon

GLA Civil Society Data and Policy Officer

Opinion

What we’ve learnt through the Civic Data Innovation Challenge

We partnered with the Greater London Authority to launch the Civic Data Innovation Challenge and gain deeper insights about our communities. In this guest blog, Rachel Dixon explores what we learnt.

Urban health

Cara Holmes

Technical Programme Manager, National Retrofit Hub

Opinion

Creating healthier homes in the private rented sector

In 2024, we partnered with the National Retrofit Hub to understand more about how to improve the quality of homes in the private rented sector. In this guest blog, Cara Holmes explores what we learnt.

Financial foundations for adult health

Michael Parsons

Head of Programme (Financial foundations for adult health)

Opinion

03 Feb 2025

Why we are changing our name to financial foundations for adult health

The multiple long-terms conditions (MLTC) programme will now be known as the financial foundations for adult health (FFAH) programme.

Urban Health

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Peter Babudu

Executive Director

Opinion

The year in urban health

This year, we’ve worked with over 70 partners to test solutions to the causes of poor health in urban areas. To celebrate just some of their impact this year, we spoke to four of those partners.