Clearing the Air : A Tale of Three Cities

Air pollution presents an increasingly apparent challenge to health and development across the globe. Exposure to PM2.5 is a major health risk and worldwide, an estimated 4.13-5.39 million people died prematurely in 2017 from exposure to PM2.5 poll...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COAL-FIRED POWER CLEAN COOKING TECHNOLOGY FATAL HEALTH RISK
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/521491604042907160/Clearing-the-Air-A-Tale-of-Three-Cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34757

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spelling	okr-10986-347572021-05-25T09:59:20Z Clearing the Air : A Tale of Three Cities World Bank AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ECONOMIC GROWTH CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COAL-FIRED POWER CLEAN COOKING TECHNOLOGY FATAL HEALTH RISK Air pollution presents an increasingly apparent challenge to health and development across the globe. Exposure to PM2.5 is a major health risk and worldwide, an estimated 4.13-5.39 million people died prematurely in 2017 from exposure to PM2.5 pollution. The health impacts of pollution also represent a heavy cost to the economy. Lost labor income due to fatal illness from PM2.5 pollution globally in 2017 was in the range of US$ 131-317 billion, equal in magnitude to about 0.1-0.3 percent of GDP. Countries appear to follow growth paths with different levels of pollution intensity, suggesting that policy decisions, investments, and technologies all have an important role to play in affecting the pollution intensity of growth, and that countries cannot simply grow their way out of pollution. The experiences of three cities – Mexico City, Beijing, and Delhi – offers some lessons on how countries can tackle the growing challenge of air pollution. Notably, there is no silver bullet, and air pollution will only be tackled through sustained political commitment. Information, incentives, and institutions are the three prongs of an effective air pollution management strategy for any country. 2020-11-09T22:06:15Z 2020-11-09T22:06:15Z 2020-10-29 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/521491604042907160/Clearing-the-Air-A-Tale-of-Three-Cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34757 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study East Asia and Pacific Latin America & Caribbean South Asia China India Mexico
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description	Air pollution presents an increasingly apparent challenge to health and development across the globe. Exposure to PM2.5 is a major health risk and worldwide, an estimated 4.13-5.39 million people died prematurely in 2017 from exposure to PM2.5 pollution. The health impacts of pollution also represent a heavy cost to the economy. Lost labor income due to fatal illness from PM2.5 pollution globally in 2017 was in the range of US$ 131-317 billion, equal in magnitude to about 0.1-0.3 percent of GDP. Countries appear to follow growth paths with different levels of pollution intensity, suggesting that policy decisions, investments, and technologies all have an important role to play in affecting the pollution intensity of growth, and that countries cannot simply grow their way out of pollution. The experiences of three cities – Mexico City, Beijing, and Delhi – offers some lessons on how countries can tackle the growing challenge of air pollution. Notably, there is no silver bullet, and air pollution will only be tackled through sustained political commitment. Information, incentives, and institutions are the three prongs of an effective air pollution management strategy for any country.
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title	Clearing the Air : A Tale of Three Cities
title_short	Clearing the Air : A Tale of Three Cities
title_full	Clearing the Air : A Tale of Three Cities
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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Clearing the Air : A Tale of Three Cities

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