Global Action Plan joins consortium of partners in delivering the new phase of Breathe London
Londoners can access real-time air pollution data through new Breathe London website, and Global Action Plan is leading an innovative engagement programme to drive clean air action.
To celebrate London Climate Action Week, on Tuesday 24 June the Mayor of London announced the expansion of Breathe London, a programme that gives Londoners access to local air quality data, generating insights and supporting communities across the city to take action to address air pollution.
Global Action Plan is delighted to be collaborating with experts from Vodafone, Airly, Ricardo, Scotswolds, Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants and the University of Cambridge to monitor the air at 136 air quality sensor sites, providing high quality, real-time data to people across the capital. Sensor users will be able to access their data through the new Breathe London website, with an interactive map and data visualisations.
Global Action Plan is delivering an innovative engagement programme with local authorities, schools and hospitals who have Breathe London air quality sensors. Our programme has been informed by our network of sensor users, and is designed to help people to interpret their sensor data, understand what it means for the health of their communities and the environment, and fundamentally to support them to take actions in their setting to improve the quality of the air they breathe.
Over the duration of the four-year renewal of the Mayor’s programme, Global Action Plan will be providing a suite of tailored resources to support air quality action, creating spaces for the Breathe London network to collaborate and learn, delivering webinars and trainings to turn air quality knowledge into power, and producing inspiring case studies of sensor users making strides for clean air from the school gates to the city’s healthcare hubs.
Sonja Graham, Global Action Plan CEO said:
“Clean air is crucial for good health. Air pollution is largely invisible, cutting Londoners’ lives short through serious health conditions like lung and heart disease, dementia, and strokes. Breathe London will help make air quality visible, giving data directly to schools, hospitals and communities and helping them take action and call for clean air, focusing on the places where people most need it.”
To mark the launch, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy Mete Coban MBE visited the Breathe London sensor at Great Ormond Street Hospital to show his support for the programme and hear more about what the hospital has been doing to reduce their emissions, tackling air pollution to protect patient health.
London’s Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Mete Coban MBE visited the Breathe London sensors at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on Clean Air Day 2025