Air pollution affects 99% of the global population, causing 7 million premature deaths annually. Major pollutants include ...

In 2020, strict rules were put in place to slash cargo-ship emissions. Five years on, it appears to have been less than ...

But there are things that people can do, starting with understanding that the air isn’t only polluted when it looks smoggy, ...

Lung cancer in people who have never smoked is rising, and figures show China is at particular risk of air pollution-related ...

All 500 million children across the region live in countries with unhealthy levels of toxic air, according to analysis ...

Earth’s prolonged streak of abnormal heat continued into 2025 despite the arrival of La Niña ocean conditions, which ...

Improved computer models shed light on how reducing sulphur emissions will inadvertently release methane from wetlands.

UNEP and Sierra Leone launch a pioneering e-mobility initiative: introducing electric three-wheelers (e-kekes) in Freetown to ...

Long-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and ozone (O3) air pollution is associated with more hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in adults.

James Hansen, the climate scientist best known for alerting the US Congress to global warming in the 1980s, has redoubled his warnings that we are underestimating the climate impact of declining ...

With toxic smog choking cities worldwide and 99% of the population breathing unsafe air, 2025 must be the year for decisive ...

A dramatic reduction in sulfur pollution from shipping has unintentionally contributed to recent global warming, offering a ...