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January 30, 2025

Job Opportunity: Data Analyst, Air Quality Life Index (AQLI)

The Air Quality Life Index is seeking a Data Analyst, based in India.

In the News

January 19, 2025

via Dawn

Welcome to Smogistan

A Dawn Op-Ed about Pakistan's smog season cites AQLI's research on the impacts of air pollution.

In the News

January 18, 2025

via The Daily Star

Air pollution kills 102,456 Bangladeshis every year

Air pollution is responsible for 102,456 deaths annually in Bangladesh, as per a new study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). The Daily Star cites the 2024 AQLI, which shows air pollution has reduced global life expectancy by 2.7 years, while in Bangladesh, it has decreased by 4.8 years.

Analysis

December 20, 2024

via NDTV

Opinion | Why Indians Have Just Given Up On Air Pollution Crisis

"With clear goals, sustained public action, and evidence-based enforcement, cleaner air and healthier, longer lives can become a reality for millions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain," writes AQLI Director Tanushree Ganguly in an NDTV Op-Ed.

In the News

December 13, 2024

via The Kathmandu Post

KMC to launch awareness drive on air pollution

The Kathmandu Post reports on a pollution awareness drive in Kathmandu, citing UChicago's Air Quality Life Index.

AQLI News

December 10, 2024

The South Asia Pollution Challenge: Michael Greenstone

EPIC Director Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics, talks about the pollution challenge in South Asia.

AQLI News

December 10, 2024

The South Asia Pollution Challenge: Tanushree Ganguly

Tanushree Ganguly, AQLI Director talks about the pollution challenge in South Asia.

In the News

November 26, 2024

via Reuters

In India and Pakistan, a shared blight: smog

Every winter, South Asia becomes engulfed in severe pollution as cold air traps emissions, dust, and smoke from agricultural fires. According to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (EPIC), this pollution could cut life expectancy in the region by more than five years.