Where we live in Havering we have lots of lovely green spaces, but a heavy car culture and very congested roads. In terms of air pollution things don't get any worse according to World Health Organization guidelines. There are notable pollution 'hotspots' that exceed even DEFRA guidelines, including our aptly named 'Gallows Corner', close to which my profoundly disabled young daughter - along with all her lovely school friends - has no choice but to be subjected daily to these toxic fumes, and is at a disproportionately greater risk to the harmful effects of air pollution.
There are no measures to decrease air pollution through emissions-based parking charges; a local politically driven culture of hate towards The Mayor of London and the ULEZ expansion; and woefully inadequate cycle infrastructure.
To compound matters, wood burning in a special stove has become fashionable among those who can afford to pollute in this fashion, and poorer children are paying the price with their health and their lives.
Last but not least, in Rainham there is an enormous illegal landfill site on green belt land that is privately owned and bursts into flames each summer, polluting the air with PM2.5 which in turn is a carrier of dangerous chemicals from the landfill site to children's bodies.
There is neither awareness nor will in Havering, and to compound matters, there is a lot of politically charged and harnessed hate in the place of care for children who of course have no culpability whatsoever for this health and climate crisis.
Ruth, North London