Inkoliso yabemi bezixeko zaseYurophu bachanabeke kumlinganiselo ongakhuselekanga wongcoliso lomoya. Ukuphucula umgangatho womoya ukuze uhambelane namanqanaba acetyiswayo nguMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO) kunokuthintela ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sokufa ngaphambi kwexesha okubangelwa kukuchanabeka kwisuntswana lentwana.

Ukukhutshwa kongcoliseko lomoya kwehlile kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo, okukhokelela kumgangatho ongcono womoya. Ngaphandle kolu phuculo, ungcoliseko lomoya luhlala lungoyena mngcipheko mkhulu wezempilo wokusingqongileyo eYurophu. Ukuvezwa kwe-fine particulate matter kunye ne-nitrogen dioxide amanqanaba ngaphezu kweengcebiso ze-World Health Organization kubangela ukuba kuqikelelwa ukuba i-253,000 kunye ne-52,000 yokufa kwangaphambi kwexesha, ngokulandelanayo, ngo-2021. Ezi zingcoliso zidibene ne-asthma, isifo senhliziyo kunye nesifo.
Ungcoliseko lomoya nalo lubangela ukugula. Abantu baphila nezifo ezinxulumene nokuchanabeka kungcoliseko lomoya; lo ngumthwalo malunga nokubandezeleka komntu kunye neendleko ezibalulekileyo kwicandelo lezempilo.

Abona bantu basemngciphekweni basemngciphekweni ngakumbi kwiimpembelelo zongcoliseko lomoya. Amaqela asezantsi entlalo-qoqosho athanda ukuba sesichengeni kumanqanaba aphezulu ongcoliseko lomoya, ngelixa abantu abadala, abantwana kunye nabo banezigulo zempilo esele zikho ngaphambili ngabona basesichengeni. Ngaphezulu kwe-1,200 yokufa kwabantu abangaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-18 kuqikelelwa ukuba kubangelwa kungcoliseko lomoya minyaka le kumalungu e-EEA kunye namazwe asebenzisanayo.

Ngaphandle kwemiba yezempilo, ungcoliseko lomoya lunokuchaphazela kakhulu uqoqosho lwaseYurophu ngenxa yokunyuka kweendleko zempilo, ukucutha ubomi obude, kunye nokulahleka kweentsuku zokusebenza kumacandelo onke. Ikwayonakalisa izityalo kunye ne-ikhosistim, amanzi kunye nomgangatho womhlaba, kunye ne-ecosystem yasekhaya.

Sinokubonelela ngeenzwa zomgangatho womoya ezifanelekileyo ekubekeni iliso kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zeegesi kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo, wamkelekile ukubuza.