Premature deaths from 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 yesterday by the World Bank for the first time put a “welfare cost” on the toll from indoor and outdoor air pollution and highlight how it has soared over the past quarter of a century, as developing economies have rapidly industrialised.
They also illustrate the scale of the environmental challenge confronting those countries as they seek to address chronic air pollution.
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