全球七分之一兒童生活在有毒空氣污染之中
One in seven of the world's children is exposed to pollution levels six or more times higher than international standards set by the World Health Organization, according to a new report by UNICEF. The report was released a week ahead of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Marrakech.
聯合國兒童基金會最新報告指出，世界上每七個孩子中就有一個暴露於世界衛生組織標準6倍以上的空氣污染中。這項報告是聯合國在馬拉喀什舉行氣候變化大會一週前公佈的。
"Air pollution is a major contributing factor in the deaths of around 600,000 children under five every year," says UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, "and it threatens the lives and futures of millions more every day."
聯合國兒童基金會執行長安東尼∙雷克說：“空氣污染是造成全世界約60萬五歲以下兒童死亡的主要原因之一。它每天都在威脅着數百人的生命和未來。”
Some two billion children live in regions where outdoor air pollution exceeds WHO's minimum air quality guidelines, with 620 million of those children living in South Asia, followed by 520 million children in Africa, and 450 million children in the East Asia and Pacific region.
全球約20億兒童生活在室外空氣污染超過世衛組織最低空氣質量標準的環境中，其中6億生活在南亞，5億兩千萬在非洲，4億5千萬在東亞和太平洋地區。
UNICEF says young children are particularly susceptible to indoor and outdoor air pollution because their lungs, brains and immune systems are still developing and their respiratory tracts are more permeable.
聯合國兒童基金會說，孩子們更容易受到室內或室外空氣污染的侵害因爲他們的肺部，大腦和免疫系統還在發育。
UNICEF says it will ask the countries attending the climate change conference to take "four urgent steps" to protect children from air pollution. Those steps are:
聯合國兒童基金會說，參加氣候變化會議的國家要採取“四個緊急步驟”，保護兒童不受空氣污染損害。這些步驟是：
1. adopt measures to reduce pollution;
1 採取措施減少空氣污染；
2. increase children's access to healthcare;
2 增加兒童就醫機會；
3. minimize children's exposure to pollution;
3 減少兒童對污染的接觸；
4. establish better monitoring of air pollution.
4 建立更好的空氣污染監測。
Lake said "We protect our children when we protect the quality of our air. Both are central to our future."
聯合國兒童基金會執行長安東尼∙雷克說：“我們保護空氣質量也就是保護兒童。這兩者對我們的未來都非常重要。”
