Which is the world’s most polluted city? | World Economic Forum
2015年6月25日 · Ask anyone to name the most polluted city in the world, and chances are the immediate response will be Beijing. In truth, the Chinese capital is only half as polluted as the city in the top spot – Delhi. In fact, 13 of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world, according a World Health Organization (WHO) report from last year, are
This is what it's like to live in the world's most polluted city
2018年5月18日 · In the world’s most polluted city, Kanpur in northern India, the biggest hospital is so overcrowded with patients with respiratory ailments that they are often bedded in the ophthalmology ward. Kanpur, home to 3 million people, is followed by 13 other Indian cities in a list of the places with the worst air in the world, according to rankings ...
How cities are tackling the silent killer of air pollution
2024年3月18日 · Warsaw will introduce the Strefy Czystego Transportu (SCT) in July 2024, limiting high-polluting vehicles in 7% of the city. Bogotá’s Urban Zones for Better Air (ZUMA), developed with local communities, targets pollution from transportation and industry to enhance air quality and public health whilst revitalizing public spaces.
These are the cities with the worst noise pollution
2017年3月27日 · Delhi was the second worst city for noise pollution, followed by Cairo, Mumbai, Istanbul and Beijing. Barcelona, one of only two European cities to feature in the worst 10, came 7th, while capital cities Mexico City, Paris and Buenos Aires cam in at …
India dominates the list of the world’s most polluted cities
2020年3月5日 · Its capital, Beijing, once one of the most polluted cities on the planet, has dropped out of IQAir’s rankings of the top 200 most polluted cities. Air pollution in the city has fallen sharply since it hosted the Olympic Games in 2008, driven by controls on coal-fired boilers and tighter rules on industry.
Which are the world’s most polluted cities?
2016年5月12日 · China, which has been working to tackle its air pollution problem, is the only country with just one city on the most polluted list. The Eastern Mediterranean (covering the Middle East and parts of North Africa) and South East Asia were the regions that performed worst overall in the database – with urban air pollution rising 5% in more than ...
7 of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India
2019年3月5日 · The most polluted city on earth is Gurugram, a financial and industrial hub of nearly 1 million people situated about 30 kilometres southwest of New Delhi. There, average air pollution levels in 2018 were more than 13 times the level permitted under WHO guidelines, although air quality had actually improved slightly since the previous year.
These are the world's most polluted cities
2018年5月3日 · The most polluted city in 2016's report, Zabol in Iran, has had its pollution level cut fourfold in the latest version of the database, and now appears to be cleaner than Australia's capital Canberra.
If you live in a big city you already smoke every day
2018年5月1日 · In 2015, the city recorded 1400 μg/m3, equivalent to smoking 63 cigarettes per day for every man, woman, and child living there. Air pollution levels in New Delhi, India , have been recorded at 547 μg/m3, equivalent to smoking about 25 cigarettes each day.
Checking in on the world’s first-ever pollution market
2023年11月13日 · In 2022, several Indian cities ranked as the most polluted cities in the world. Today, in 2023, the air quality in India's capital has plummeted to a 'severe plus' category, making Delhi the most polluted city in the country. This appalling decline in air quality and awareness of its ill effects on the health and development sectors in India is ...