| Premature deaths due to air pollution are costing the global economy $5.1tn annually, or roughly twice the economic output of the UK, with more than half of that burden falling on China and other developing economies in Asia, according to a study.
The estimates released on Thursday by the World Bank for the first time put a “welfare cost” on the toll from both indoor and outdoor air pollution and highlight how it has soared over the past quarter of a century, as developing economies such as China have rapidly industrialised and become more urban...............................................Full Article: Source |