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

via The Kathmandu Post

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

via Financial Express

Dhaka’s unyielding air pollution

According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), after cardiovascular disease, particulate pollution is the second greatest threat to human health in terms of life expectancy in Bangladesh.

In the News

April 24, 2024

via Washington Post

Nearly 2 in 5 Americans breathe unhealthy air. Why it’s getting worse.

Fully implemented, the updated EPA standard on pollution would save 6.6 million more total years of life than the previous standard, largely in the West and Midwest, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago finds.

Analysis

April 22, 2024

Making Clean Air an Earth Day Priority

While global environmental activism has been successful in making plastics a part of the global agenda, air pollution—the world’s greatest external risk to human health—continues to remain on the margins of the conversation.

In the News

April 15, 2024

via Newage

Holidays bring no respite from air pollution

According to the Chicago University study titled Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), air pollution is the second-largest threat to human health for people living in Bangladesh, behind only cardiovascular diseases.

In the News

April 8, 2024

via The Week

The choking lungs of both Punjabs

An Air Quality Life Index study suggests that since 1998, average annual particulate pollution has increased by 20 per cent, cutting 0.9 years from the lives of an average Pakistani over these years.

In the News

April 4, 2024

via Al Jazeera

Why does South Asia have the world’s worst air pollution?

The 2023 AQLI Report found that an average Pakistani would live for 3.9 years longer if air quality met the WHO guidelines.

In the News

April 1, 2024

via Yabiladi

Moroccan coal plant among Africa’s top air polluters

According to the Air Quality Life Index assessment, permanently reducing PM2.5 concentrations from the 2021 level to the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m3 could improve the average life index by up to 1.3 years in Egypt, 0.4 years in Morocco, and less than 0.1 years in Algeria.