Efforts to clean up air pollution in China and across East Asia may have inadvertently contributed to a spike in global warming, a new study has found. The decline in aerosol emissions — which can ...

Authorities issued their highest warnings for fog and haze on Tuesday as smog enveloped major cities in northern China, warning the public that visibility could drop to less than 50 metres (164 feet).

The annual Air Quality Life Index report, produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, praised China’s “staggering success in combating pollution.”. Pollution levels ...

"China has transformed its air quality for the better over the past decade thanks to a government campaign to curb air pollution. China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, emitting ...

In China, cities have been choked by dusty, toxic air since the 1980s. Skies have become clearer since the country clamped down on factories, forced old vehicles off roads and shifted from coal to ...

In total, China’s air pollution crackdown is responsible for 80 per cent of the increased rate in global warming seen since 2010, the team concludes, around an extra 0.05°C (0.09°F) per decade.

China aims to effectively eliminate severe air pollution by the end of 2025, a senior environment official said, as authorities ramp up efforts in pollution control and emissions reduction in the ...

That said, it is premature to celebrate the end of China’s war against pollution. The PM2.5 concentration of 29 μg/m³ still falls short of the WHO standard of 5 μg/m³.

China Global air pollution persists as leading health risk, hitting Asia and Africa the hardest Reducing hazardous PM2.5 particles to WHO levels could increase global life expectancy by 2.3 years ...