Air is obviously vital: we need it to survive. But not everybody breathes the same air. Across the globe, marginalised communities are forced to breathe poor quality air and face the consequences. This episode looks at how poverty, race and class intersect when it comes to air pollution, what needs to be done to clean up the air in our cities, and how communities and campaigners are fighting back.

Guests:

Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, founder, The Ella Roberta Foundation

Love Ssega, musician and activist

Terezia Rostas, founder, Care for young people’s future

Whose planet? is hosted by Nani Jansen Reventlow, founder of Systemic Justice, and produced by Tortoise Media.

The climate crisis is not a distant danger but a lived reality for countless communities, with its harshest effects falling on society’s most vulnerable. From worsening air quality to rising sea levels, the unequal burden of environmental degradation is clear—yet those most impacted are often the least heard.