Air Quality Life Index

Global air pollution poses huge risk to human health, Air Quality Life Index finds Road construction blackens sky in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Global air pollution poses huge risk to human health, Air Quality Life Index finds

South Asian residents expected to lose five years from lives on average if current high pollution levels persist

Aug 30, 2023
Strong air pollution policies lengthen life expectancy, new data shows Skyline of Hanoi, Vietnam with smog and dust in the air

Strong air pollution policies lengthen life expectancy, new data shows

Falling short of WHO guidelines could cut more than two years from average lifespan

Sep 7, 2021
Air pollution reduces global health expectancy by two years, study finds Air pollution

Air pollution reduces global health expectancy by two years, study finds

Pollution threat continues to loom as major worldwide threat, but problem areas have changed

Aug 6, 2020
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Climate Change’s Human Cost With Michael Greenstone

Dec 10, 2018
Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by nearly two years Thumbnail

Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by nearly two years

Nov 19, 2018
China’s ‘war against pollution’ shows promising results, study finds

China’s ‘war against pollution’ shows promising results, study finds

Mar 14, 2018
Air pollution cuts three years off lifespans in northern China Man biking on a street in China

Air pollution cuts three years off lifespans in northern China

Sep 11, 2017

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