Tag: Air Pollution

Highlights of World Health Statistics 2025

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to a 1.54-year global drop in Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) between 2019 and 2021, with mortality and pandemic-related outcomes causing 1.29-year and 0.28-year losses, respectively. The impact was most severe among adults aged 30+ years. Regions like the Americas and Southeast Asia saw significant HALE losses (2.72 years and 2.5 years, respectively), mainly due to COVID-19 mortality. Increased morbidity from COVID-19, anxiety disorders, and depressive disorders also contributed to HALE declines, offsetting pre-pandemic gains.

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The Political Economics of Green Transitions

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The authors caution that democratic politics may or may not help fix dynamic social problems. The authors argue that even in their own optimistic model of politics—where parties maximize average utility of those currently alive— equilibrium policies may not put society on the right path, and the speed of the green transition may be too slow. Climate change and environmental degradation is a slow and cumulative process. To protect environment, the efforts also need to be cumulative and consistent. A self-centric secular worldview encourages the self-centric use of private property resources. However, even small things done collectively and consistently can have a larger effect.

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Doughnut Economics

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The author urges responsible attitude towards ―limits to growth‖. The author argues for the equalization of endowments rather than expansion of policies that redistribute current income. Kate Raworth then lists seven ways of thinking about the economy that will help us manage common needs such as water, food, income – the things in the hole of the doughnut – so that humanity lands in the sweet spot rather than drifting past the outer ring – the ecological ceiling — where phenomena like ozone layer depletion thrives.

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Highlights of State of Global Air Report 2024

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The threat of air pollution is not new, but it is changing. Air pollution has contributed to death and disease and has hurt economic prospects and community resilience for decades. During that time, policies and technologies have drastically improved air quality in some areas, saving lives, and proving that pollution is not an inevitable by-product of economic development.
Air pollution is a complex mixture of particles and gases with sources and composition varying over space and time. While hundreds of chemical compounds can be measured in the air, governments typically measure only a small subset as indicators of the different types of air pollution and major sources contributing to that pollution.

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Significance of Recycling for Environmental Sustainability

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Approximately 1.3 billion tons of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) are generated globally every year and are expected to increase to approximately 2.2 billion tons per year by 2025. In fact, the amount of waste produced per person per day also depends on the economic status of the community concerned. The rates of MSW growth are fastest in Arabian countries and the Middle East.

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Mainstream Economics’ War with the Environment: Counter-Critiques from Heterodox Economics and Islamic Economics

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According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Air pollution is responsible for approximately 3.7 million deaths a year. Going forward, cities will generate approximately 2.2 billion tones of solid waste per year by 2025 which could poison soil and waterways, kill plants, and harm humans and animals.

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