In the News

April 26, 2025

via HaRDstories

As Thailand chokes on smog, these citizens wrote the law to fix it

EPIC Clean Air Program Director Christa Hasenkopf weighs in on Thai CAN's efforts to improve air quality.

In the News

April 25, 2025

via AFP

Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar ‘slash and burn’ festival

Myanmar residents lose 2.3 years of life expectancy as a result of pollution from farming fires and other sources, according to analysis of 2022 data by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

In the News

April 22, 2025

via My Joy Online

Air quality experts call for tougher action on high-polluting vehicles amid alarming death toll

The 2024 Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) finds that polluted air cuts the average global life expectancy by 1.9 years, equal to a staggering 14.9 billion life-years lost.

In the News

April 22, 2025

via East Asia Forum

Can Pakistan make the sky blue again?

The 2024 Air Quality Life Index reports that poor air quality reduces average life expectancy by 3.9 years in Pakistan.

In the News

April 20, 2025

via The Cool Down

Experts report nationwide trend that could save tens of thousands of lives each year: ‘One of the highest rates in the world’

AQLI 2024 data finds about 50,000 people in Nepal are dying annually due to dirty air.

In the News

April 15, 2025

via Business Standard

Nitin Gadkari warns Delhi’s toxic air can cause infections in 3 days

The latest AQLI data finds toxic air pollution in Delhi is reducing people’s life expectancy by nearly 10 years, making it the biggest health threat in India.

In the News

April 11, 2025

via Nepali Times

What is invisible is more dangerous

The latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report finds air pollution has got worse by 75% in Kathmandu in 25 years.

In the News

April 3, 2025

via AFP

Nepal capital chokes as wildfires rage

Nepal's capital was blanketed in acrid smog Thursday as wildfires across the country pushed air pollution levels to among the worst in the world.

AQLI News

March 12, 2025

Event Recap | Data to Demand to Action: Polish Smog Alert

On April 1, Tanushree Ganguly, Director of AQLI, Christa Hasenkopf, EPIC's Clean Air Program Director, and Anna Dworakowska, Co-Founder and Coordinator of Polish Smog Alert, discussed how to successfully engage communities to demand clean air and drive policy change.

In the News

March 11, 2025

via Reuters

Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows

Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would only get harder after the United States shut down its global monitoring efforts. "(It) is a giant blow to air quality efforts worldwide," said EPIC Clean Air Program Director Christa Hasenkopf.