WHO’s Air Quality Database 2022

Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the Air Quality Database 2022. It shows that almost the entire global population (99 %) breathes air that exceeds WHO’s air quality limits, and threatens their health.

• The findings have prompted WHO to highlight the importance of curbing fossil fuel use and taking other tangible steps to reduce air pollution levels.
• The 2022 database aims to monitor the state of the world’s air and feeds into progress tracking of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

About the Air Quality Database 2022: The WHO Air Quality Database compiles data on annual mean concentrations of particulate ....