Youth@SAIIA, Breathe Cities and the City of Johannesburg hosted the Air Aware: Youth-Led Conference on Air Pollution Policy and Implementation on 26 February aimed at closing the gap between high-level air quality policy debates and the lived realities of young people in Johannesburg.

On 26 February, young leaders, policymakers, researchers and civil society representatives gathered at The Wanderers Club in Johannesburg for the Air Aware: Youth-Led Conference on Air Pollution Policy & Implementation. It brought together 227 delegates and marked the culmination of the year-long Air Aware: Youth-Led Air Pollution Awareness campaign, implemented by Youth@SAIIA under the Breathe Cities initiative in collaboration with the City of Johannesburg (CoJ).