World Bank Report on Air Pollution

On 14^th December, 2022, the World Bank released a report, titled 'Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia'.

Background

• Persistently hazardous levels of air pollution have caused public health crises in South Asia demanding urgent action.
• Using a modelling approach over South Asia as a whole, the report lays out multiple scenarios and costs involved in reducing the region’s exposure to particulate matter (PM).

Key Highlights of the Report: Exposure to PM 2.5: Over 60% of South Asians are exposed to an average of 35 µg/m³ of PM2.5. In some parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) it ....