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Camfil at the UN
Episode 54
Join us for a special episode as regular host Jon Holmes becomes our guest, sharing his experience at the UN's - Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action - event during Climate Week 2025.
Hear powerful excerpts from world experts including Dr. Jagat Narula's stunning mummy research revealing 1,000-year-old evidence of pollution-caused disease, Rachel Hodgson's announcement of a groundbreaking Global Commission, and Professor Joseph Allen's call to recognize that; the person who manages your building can have a bigger impact on your health than your doctor.
The commitments made and initiatives launched at that event, are truly a pivotal moment in the global clean air movement. Listen now to discover all.
THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT
- How ancient mummies show evidence of black lungs from indoor cooking pollution
- Launch of the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air, working to make clean indoor air universal
- Why 3.2 million deaths annually are linked to household air pollution
- How indoor air quality remains largely invisible and unmonitoredGUEST DETAILS
Watch the entire event on United Nations TV here.
ABOUT OUR HOST
Jon The Filter Guy Holmes serves as the regular host of Camfil Let's Talk Clean Air podcast, where he explores air quality issues with industry experts and thought leaders. In this special episode, Jon becomes the featured guest after attending the historic Healthy Indoor Air: A Global
Call to Action event at the United Nations on September 23, 2025.
His firsthand experience at this landmark gathering provided unique insights into the global movement to recognize clean indoor air as a fundamental human right and the launch of unprecedented international initiatives to improve air quality worldwide.
Featured UN Speakers in the episode include:
- Dr. Jagat Narula, President of the World Heart Federation
- Rachel Hodgson, President & CEO of the International WELL Building Institute
- Professor Joseph Allen, Director of Healthy Building Program, Harvard TH Chan School of
- Public Health
MORE INFORMATION
There is a wealth of industry information on air quality and how to improve it on our website at camfil.com
Let’s Talk Clean Air is produced for Camfil by DustPod.io
QUOTES
- Having done approximately 400 mummies CT scans, we found that they had black lungs. We went to the places where they lived—low ceiling houses where they cooked inside. - Dr. Jagat Narula
- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. - Rachel Hodgson
- The person who manages your building can have a bigger impact on your health than your doctor. - Professor Joseph Allen
KEYWORDS
#airquality #globalstandards #indoorairquality #IAQ #airqualityeducation #airqualitystandards
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