😶‍🌫️ 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 across the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills is one of the most pressing health and development challenges in South Asia. Nearly one billion people are exposed to hazardous air every day, leading to around one million premature deaths annually and shortening average life expectancy by more than three years. ⁠ ⁠ 📑 Our new report—𝘈 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦: 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘰-𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴—presents a 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐩 for achieving the region’s shared target of reducing annual average fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations below 35 micrograms per cubic meter by 2035 (cutting current concentrations by more than half). ⁠ ⁠ 👉🏽 Download the report: worldbank.org/research [LINK IN BIO]⁠ ⁠ #cleanair #cleanairforall #cleanairmatters #cleanairnow