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World Air Quality Report 2022 highlights pollution hotspots

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Santiago, Chile: The country hosted eight of the most polluted cities in the Americas in 2022. Key findings The top five most polluted countries in 2022 were: Chad (89.7 The region of Central and South Asia was home to eight of the world’s ten cities with the worst air pollution. annual guideline Iraq (80.1

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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

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Calcutta, India: In southern Asia and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM 2.5 A lack of pollution monitoring stations has meant a shortfall of data on local, national, regional and global PM 2.5 In southern Asia and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM 2.5 µg/m 3 ) and Southern Asia (37.2

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Canadian LNG Will Stall Asia’s Shift to Renewables, Energy Experts in Asia Say

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But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution. This could have dire health impacts. C is to stop building new fossil fuel projects.

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Seeking clarity

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Late August saw the release of “Air Quality and Health In Cities”, the latest edition of The State of Global Air report, produced annually by the US Health Effects Institute. It attempts a snapshot of air pollution exposure in over 7000 cities worldwide, and its impact on health. in Asia is brick kilns.

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Report pulls back the curtain on chemical pollution in the ocean

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A new report attempts to provide a diagnostic of the scale of the ocean pollution challenge facing humanity. The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the ocean has been prodeuced by Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation. A coordinated approach.

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Tropical megacities enter new phase of declining air

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A new study appears to reveal rapid degradation in air quality in megacities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East – as well as increases in urban exposure to air pollutants hazardous to health. South Asia – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Chittagong, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Karachi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Surat.

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Climate change aggravates PM2.5

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The changing state of particulate pollution (PM2.5) around the world is revealed by IQ Air’s latest World Air Quality Report, and its most polluted cities ranking. pollution hotspots. This year, Beijing dropped out of the ranking’s top 200 most polluted cities. • polluted capital cities. . • Key findings. •