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December 4, 2025

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Air pollution drains $22 billion a year from Pakistan’s economy

Workers work at a brick factory in the morning hours as thick smog caused by air pollution blankets Peshawar, December 2, 2025. — Reuters The senator reveals 256,000 pollution-related deaths each year. He says the smog is aggravated by brick kilns, industries and vehicles. Smog reduces life expectancy by 3.7 to 4.6 years: Sherry Rehman. Islamabad: Air pollution costs Pakistan $22 billion annually, an amount equal to 6.5% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Senator Sherry Rehman said during a Senate meeting on Thursday. Chairing a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change, the Pakistan People’s Party

October 20, 2025

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Lahore tops global pollution index amid rising smog levels

Commuters drive along a road amid thick smog in Lahore on October 29, 2024. — AFP PM2.5 levels exceed WHO safe limits. Punjab launches anti-smog drive. Delhi, Mumbai also among the worst cities. Lahore was ranked as the world’s most polluted major city on Monday morning as temperatures plummeted, with air quality deteriorating to “very unhealthy” levels, according to Swiss monitoring group IQAir. At about 8:00 a.m., the city’s air quality index (AQI⁺) was 297, with PM2.5 concentrations reaching 222.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air, about 44.5 times higher than the World Health Organization’s annual guideline value. Fine particles,

August 15, 2025

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The tick clock under the plastic pollution condition

GENEVA: Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement to tackle the scourge of plastic pollution were trying to find common ground with a few hours left on Thursday. Countries that wanted bold action to turn the tide into plastic trash were trying to build last-minute bridges with a group of oil production spaces-after three years of talks. “We have to have a cohesive global treaty. We can’t do it ourselves,” said Kenya Environment Minister Deborah Barasa at AFP. Kenya is in the team of high ambition countries. Barasa suggested that nations could achieve a treaty now, then work in some

August 4, 2025

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Plastic Pollution ‘Severe and Increased’ Health Threat: Lancet

Large quantities of plastic rubbish can be observed on the port coast at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, November 19, 2018-Reuters Plastic pollution is a “grave, growing and degraded risk” for health that costs the world at least $ 1.5 trillion a year, experts warned a report on Monday. The new review of existing data, conducted by leading researchers and health doctors, was published one day in front of new talks in Geneva with the aim of sealing the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution. “Plastics cause illness and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health

February 25, 2025

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China aims to eliminate intense air pollution this year

The sun rises over the city in an infected morning in Beijing, China on November 18, 2021 – Reuters China aims to effectively eliminate intense air pollution by the end of 2025, a senior environmental official said as authorities increase efforts to control pollution and reduce emissions in the “battle for blue skies”. China will improve the prediction of air quality and early warning systems and enhance the coordinated management of harmful airborne particles known as PM2.5, as well as ozone pollution, said Li Tianwei, director of the department. . “The battle for Blue Skies remains unchanged,” Li said, according

January 25, 2025

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Bangkok is closing more than 350 schools amid worst air pollution in five years

Listen to the article Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city officials said, the highest number in five years. Bangkok officials also announced free public transportation for a week in an effort to reduce traffic in a city notorious for noxious exhaust fumes. Seasonal air pollution has hit Thailand hard, as have many countries in the region, but this week’s hazy conditions have closed most schools since 2020. “It’s hard to breathe … I really feel the burning in my throat,” vendor Benjawan Suknae, 61, told AFP. “I think (closing schools)

November 29, 2024

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Air pollution from wildfires is linked to 1.5 million deaths annually

A woman wears a protective mask to fight bad air pollution in Beijing on October 22, 2018. — AFP PARIS: Air pollution caused by wildfires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority in developing countries, a major new study said on Thursday. That death toll is expected to rise in the coming years as climate change makes wildfires more frequent and intense, according to the study in The Lancet newspaper. The international team of researchers looked at existing data on “landscape fires”, which include both wildfires and planned fires, such as controlled burns

November 29, 2024

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What steps can Pakistan learn from China to tackle air pollution?

The combined image shows the Chinese capital Beijing and the Pakistani Punjab capital Lahore. — Reuters/File The Chinese capital Beijing has drastically reduced air pollution in 10 years, reducing PM 2.5 pollution by 64%, harmful nitrogen dioxide by 54% and toxic sulfur dioxide by 89% in 2013, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. Considering its effective efforts, many countries are following Beijing’s example. Within this, the same guide to curb air pollution can also help neighboring Pakistan, considering that the South Asian country has been dealing with this extreme crisis since last month. Notably, Beijing has increased

August 24, 2024

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Noise pollution concerns the well-being of Dubai’s Gen Z: study

A representational image depicting a person wearing headphones while crossing a street in a city. — Unsplash/Archive A new study has revealed that noise pollution in the luxurious Gulf city of Dubai is a major concern for Generation Z, as many of them see it as a major factor that disturbs their well-being. Specifically, the study was conducted by Buro Happold’s Urban C:Labs in collaboration with Heriot-Watt University in Dubai. It will be presented at the Inter-Noise 2024 conference in Nantes, France Khaleej Times. The study was led by Pooja Ganatra, who is a senior sustainability consultant, noise expert and

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