https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/un-expert-human-rights-climate-crisis-economy

An estimated 7 million people worldwide die prematurely from air pollution each year.

In his final interview before handing over the special rapporteur mandate, Boyd said he struggles to makes sense of the world’s collective indifference to the suffering being caused by preventable environmental harms.

I can’t get people to bat an eyelash. It’s like there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand just how grave this situation is.”