A new report shows air pollution threatens the majority of the world’s population, while information gaps increase the risks.

When you hear the words “polluted city,” you think of tall, gloomy concrete jungles lined with trash-filled streets. Smoke ...

According to Inside Climate News, new data show that more than half the world’s population lives in areas with dangerous air pollution, based on WHO standards ...

Some countries are known for having dangerously high pollution levels, poor sanitation, and large amounts of unmanaged waste. These problems are usually caused by overpopulation, industrial activity, ...

New data shows global air quality progress stalling as wildfire smoke and climate change intensify global air pollution. Despite some regional improvements, major data gaps remain, with only a ...

New Delhi is engulfed in a dense and toxic mix of fog and smoke that has raised air pollution to its worst levels in weeks. The crisis has forced authorities to impose strict containment measures, as ...

The 2025 World Air Quality report by IQAir ranks Pakistan as the most polluted country globally. Despite data from over 40,000 monitoring stations, only 13 countries met WHO's PM2.5 guidelines.

I was a junior in high school when the first World Environment Day (WED) was celebrated in 1972. Marked annually on June 5, it was established by the United Nations General Assembly and over the past ...

Canada’s record-breaking 2023 wildfire season led to a spike in air pollution in the country and in the US, erasing recent progress in cleaning up the air, according to new analysis. The wildfires, ...

This Thursday marks World Environment Day, an annual awareness day born out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It’s the largest global platform for environmental outreach, and this ...