Grist

MAY 30, 2024

Researchers, including Basu, had already documented the impacts of air pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes. billion people — notably in South and East Asia and the African Sahel — experienced at least 31 days of extreme heat, hotter than 90 percent of documented temperatures between 1991 and 2020, according to a new report.

Health 120

Health Pollution Africa Climate change 120

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including fresh WHO air pollution guidelines and global coal, methane and HFC commitments. World Health Organisation unveils tighter air pollution guidelines. Study: Renewable energy could deliver 25 million jobs in Africa and Asia.

Energy 49

Energy Energy Methane Africa 49

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

The IPCC was an outgrowth of a 1987 Canadian conference which produced the Montreal Protocol , an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. Which countries and sectors are the largest polluters? In June of 1988 James E.

Climate change 40

Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Pollution 40