Scientific discoveries have limited value if they never reach beyond the lab. Bridging the gap between science and society is essential to turn knowledge into action. The EU-funded ClimAIr Project, part of ExpoHealthNet, puts this goal into practice by using Artificial Intelligence to explore how climate change and air pollution affect respiratory health.
Science for Society
On 10 November, the world celebrated the World Science Day for Peace and Development, a reminder that science reaches its full potential when it serves people. The day highlights the importance of connecting scientific research with daily life, building trust, understanding, and shared responsibility for a sustainable future.
The ClimAIr Approach
ClimAIr, an EU-funded project within ExpoHealthNet, studies how climate change and air pollution contribute to non-communicable respiratory diseases such as asthma and allergic rhinitis. The project includes a clinical study across nine European medical centres, gathering data from health records, air pollution monitors, and climate datasets. This information is securely harmonised and analysed with AI-powered tools to produce insights that can inform public health and environmental policies.
Air pollution causes around 7 million deaths each year, mostly from chronic diseases. By translating complex data into practical tools, like a web platform offering disease forecasts, training, and policy guidance, ClimAIr helps professionals and citizens make science-based decisions for healthier communities.
Through innovation, collaboration, and open science, ClimAIr demonstrates how research can directly improve people’s lives, turning data into strategies that support health, sustainability, and well-being.
Explore the ExpoHealthNet Cluster
ClimAIr is one of seven European projects working together in the ExpoHealthNet cluster, all committed to bridging the gap between science and society in the field of environmental health. Alongside UPRISE, MARKOPOLO, ENACT, ENVESOME, ExpoSignalz, and EXPOSIM, ClimAIr contributes to a collective European effort to understand and reduce the impacts of air, noise, light, and hazardous waste pollution on non-communicable diseases.
Learn more about the project on the ClimAIr website.