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August 28, 2024
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August 29, 2024
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August 29, 2024
via Bloomberg
China’s War on Pollution Adds Two Years of Life But There’s Much More to Do
The average Chinese citizen can expect to live two years longer thanks to the country’s push for cleaner skies, according to the University of Chicago.
In the News
August 29, 2024
via The Telegraph
Cutting pollution worldwide could add two years to average person’s life, says study
Fine particulate matter – or PM2.5 – remains the ‘world’s greatest external risk to human health’, according to the Air Quality Life Index
In the News
August 29, 2024
via AFP
South Asia air pollution fell in 2022, but remains major killer: report
South Asia continues to breathe the world's most-polluted air, with its residents losing more than 3.5 years of life expectancy on average, the annual Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) warned.
AQLI News
August 28, 2024
Air Pollution Remains the Greatest External Risk to Human Health as Most Countries Fail to Set or Meet Their Own Standards for Clean Air
While pollution slightly dipped due largely to a trend reversal in South Asia, more than three-quarters of countries around the world have not set or aren’t meeting national pollution standards.
In the News
August 27, 2024
via Nature India
Air pollution limits in India are too high to prevent deaths, study says
According to data from the Air Quality Life Index 2021, average life expectancy in India go up five years if levels of toxic particles were brought down to meet WHO specifications.
In the News
June 24, 2024
via Economic Times
Cleaning up Delhi’s air requires uncomfortable decisions involving rich people: Sunita Narain
According to a report compiled by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) in August, air pollution is shortening lives by almost 12 years in Delhi.
Analysis
June 6, 2024
via The Leaflet
How combating air pollution can also help create a more equal world
Air pollution is as much an equity and justice issue as it is an environmental issue, writes Tanushree Ganguly for The Leaflet.
In the News
May 23, 2024
Burdens of bad air
Poor air quality has reduced life expectancy for an average Nepalese resident by a staggering 4.6 years, finds the Air Quality Life Index of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.
In the News
May 10, 2024