Air quality

New air pollution data compiled in the IQAir AirVisual 2018 World Air Quality Report and interactive World’s most polluted cities ranking, prepared in collaboration with Greenpeace Southeast Asia ...

On 7 March, the European Commission decided to refer Italy to the EU Court of Justice for failure to respect limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) ...

Study links ambient levels of toxic particles and ozone specifically caused by vehicle exhaust emissions to 385,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2015, of which 60,000 were due to emissions from shipping.

The ruling on 12 March by Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court follows an anti-smog resolution approved by the country’s Regional Administrative Court.

Air pollution from road traffic causes damage worth at least €80 billion every year in the EU, with diesel fumes responsible for three-quarters of the harm.

The German government had previously pledged €1 billion to help improve air quality, but after meeting with municipal representatives in December, Chancellor Angela Merkel said ...

The more disadvantaged of Europe’s citizens are also the most exposed to the negative consequences of air pollution and other environmental issues ...

According to the European Commission, Greece has failed to ensure compliance with the annual limit value for nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in Athens for the period 2010–2014 ...

India’s polluted air was responsible for 1.24 million premature deaths in 2017, or 12.5 per cent of total deaths recorded that year, according to a study published in Lancet Planetary Health.

China could raise average life expectancy by 2.9 years if it improves air quality to levels recommended by the WHO, according a new study from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

On 14 January the UK government published its much-delayed Clean Air Strategy, which includes commitments to cut emissions from wood stoves and the farming sector.

Air pollution remains the largest environmental health risk in Europe. Despite slow improvements, it is still responsible for more than 400,000 premature deaths every year.

Two-thirds of EU citizens support the introduction of low-emission zones banning polluting cars from city centres, according to a recent survey.

Every day around 93 per cent (1.8 billion) of the world’s children under the age of 15 years breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. For the year 2016, the WHO ...

If EU countries do not urgently address their air pollution problems, the European Court of Justice can impose fines amounting to millions of euro.

Frankfurt must ban highly-polluting, older diesel vehicles from the city centre from February 2019 as part of a plan to improve air quality, the Administrative Court in Wiesbaden ruled on 5 September. ClientEarth lawyer ...