This is Scott Amyx with today’s Climate Change Flash Briefing.
According to a report from AirVisual that measures 3,000 cities for air pollution, Asian and Middle Eastern countries dominated the top 10 list of most air polluted countries. These cities exceeded the World Health Organization’s annual exposure limit for fine micropollutants.
The 100 most polluted cities are in India, Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Mongolia, Kuwait, Bosnia, UAE and Nepal. These are also the regions that will birth megacities in the next few decades further exacerbating the problem.
Stay tuned next time.
