In the News

January 12, 2024

via NDTV

Has Delhi Reached The Environmental Limits Of Economic Growth?

People in NCR lose 11.9 years of their life because of air pollution, finds the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

In the News

January 9, 2024

via Wilson Center

Breathing India’s Air

A study from the Air Quality Life Index by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago posits that with current pollution levels, nearly 40% of India’s population will die 7.6 years earlier, writes Ambassador Mark A. Green, President & CEO of the Wilson Center.

In the News

December 24, 2023

via Visual Capitalist

Mapped: Life Expectancy Gains From Breathing Cleaner Air

Former AQLI Research Associate Aarsh Batra visualizes a map of life expectancy gains if all people around the world breathed cleaner air.

In the News

December 13, 2023

via Nature

How high-impact papers from Indian researchers are shaping science

The University of Chicago’s Air Quality Life Index ranks India as the second-most-polluted nation in the world in terms of air quality, behind only Bangladesh, and refers to Delhi as “the most polluted city in the world”.

In the News

December 13, 2023

via China Dialogue

New air pollution control plan released

Between 2013 and 2021, China’s air pollution levels fell 42.3%, according to this year’s Air Quality Life Index from the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute.

In the News

December 6, 2023

via NPR

Can anything stop the toxic smog of New Delhi?

It's hard to viscerally understand and connect that someone's illness is caused by, or exacerbated by, pollution. I think that's made it very, very difficult to develop policy and enforce policies to get rid of it," says Christa Hasenkopf, Director of Clean Air Programs at EPIC.

In the News

December 6, 2023

via HRW

Pakistan’s Air Pollution Shortens Lives

According to the Air Quality Life Index, air pollution in Pakistan shortens average life expectancy by 3.9 years.

In the News

December 6, 2023

via BNN Bloomberg

How China Cleaned Its Filthy Air While India Continues to Choke

Air pollution declined 42.3% between 2013 and 2021, according to EPIC.

AQLI News

December 4, 2023

New AQLI Leadership Underscores Mission to Strengthen Data-Driven Air Quality Policy

Tanushree Ganguly, whose career has focused on supporting local communities to reduce air pollution, is the new director for the Air Quality Life Index as Christa Hasenkopf’s role expands.

AQLI News

November 29, 2023

Christa Hasenkopf on Air Quality Data Gaps

Christa Hasenkopf, Director of Air Quality Programs at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago joined the Rachel Carson Center in Munich to discuss current issues of air pollution around the globe.