Most-polluted countries missing out on clean air funding, study finds

Most-polluted countries missing out on clean air funding, study finds

A new report reveals five of the world’s most polluted countries received less than $2 per person annually to tackle air pollution in 2024.

Funding to tackle dirty air doesn’t reach world’s poorest

New research has revealed some of the planet’s most polluted and economically disenfranchised places are missing out on money to reduce atmospheric toxicity.  Published by Clean Air Fund, the analysis shows that Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo — five of the worst performing countries for air pollution — received less than $2 per person for projects that could improve their atmospheric content.  ‘Air quality fu…

World’s most polluted countries miss out on air quality funding

Some of the world’s most polluted countries are receiving less than $2 per person a year in international funding to tackle air pollution, according to new research. Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo were among five of the most polluted countries to receive the lowest levels of funding in 2024, according to the Clean Air Fund’s State of Global Air Quality Funding report. The analysis found that less than 1% …