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Less than 0.1% of all philanthropic funding has gone to the fight for clean air. Yet globally, nearly eight million deaths are attributed to the particles and gases that pollute the air – making air pollution the second biggest risk...

When it comes to funding air quality, philanthropy is very good at generating dashboards and less good at lasting policy change

The Malawi Uni­versity of Busi­ness and Applied Sci­ences (Mubas), through the Depart­ment of Phys­ics and Bio­chem­ical Sci­ences under the School of Sci­ence and Tech­no­logy, is imple­ment­ing an air qual­ity mon­it­or­ing study fin­anced by the Uni­versity of Chicago’s Epic Air Qual­ity...

The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.

By Christa Hasenkopf Air pollution quietly erases around 6% of global gross domestic product each year, far outweighing the annual growth expected from artificial intelligence, yet receives less than 0.1% of global philanthropy. Data is a common constraint on clean...

Targeted investment that enables communities to measure and share air quality data offers a major opportunity to improve global health, a new report said.

The growing availability of low-cost air quality sensors is helping people across the world track air pollution.

Air pollution is a leading cause of premature death in Africa, but momentum for clean air is growing. As the CLEAN-Air Forum concludes in Nairobi, Kenya, researchers highlight why we need more support for local solutions and regional partnerships on...

Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would only get harder after the United States shut down its global monitoring efforts. "(It)...

"Ensuring that air quality data is widely accessible and transparently shared is not just a technical necessity – it is a fundamental step toward safeguarding public health and achieving lasting solutions for cleaner air worldwide," writes Chris Hagerbaumer, Executive Director...