BBC South's environment correspondent learnt to paraglide to open a special episode of South Today focused on air quality.
Jon Cuthill has been speaking to experts and analysing data across the region ahead of the programme, which will be broadcast on BBC One at 18:30 BST on Wednesday and will be available on iPlayer.
He explains that it will not only focus on the challenges, but explore the solutions being developed.
Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how Jon filmed his daredevil eye-catching opening to the programme
