World Air Quality Report: Air quality is improving, but just 17 per cent of global cities meet WHO guidelines

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Air pollution over downtown LA | Credit: iStock
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Air pollution over downtown LA | Credit: iStock

IQAir’s 2024 World Air Quality Report analyses data from 40,000 global air monitoring stations and reveals 'alarming' pollution trends are continuing, despite some encouraging progress

Only 17 per cent of global cities met the World Health Organisation's (WHO) air pollution guidelines in 2024, leaving millions of people facing dangerously toxic air. That is just one of a host of "alarming...

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