Dr Christa Hasenkopf | Commissioner

Christa Hasenkopf is the Director of the Clean Air Program at
Energy Policy Institute at UChicago. She focuses on efforts that open up info, resources & networks so that more people in more places can help make the air they breathe healthier.

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🤝 #OurCommonAir brings together 18 high-level government figures, renowned health experts, academics & leading climate change specialists.

It aims to inspire increased attention, financing & political backing for clean air worldwide.

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If Nigeria were to reduce particulate #pollution to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline, residents in Lagos—Nigeria’s most populous state—would gain 1.4 years of life expectancy.

Explore more from our 2023 #AQLIReport in our Nigeria fact sheet: bit.ly/3qQWDlk

Closing #AirQuality data gaps to advance clean air requires local investment and policy, political, cultural, and scientific knowledge.

Energy Policy Institute at UChicago analysis explores how to scale global public air quality data infrastructure. bit.ly/3Gyi3rX

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Informe sobre 'El cierre global de brechas sobre la calidad del aire por actores locales' por Universidad de Chicago

Pone como ejemplo a #Guatemala , donde los daños anuales a la #salud debidos a las PM25 se estiman en 1.400M USD para sus 17M de ciudadanos 🤯
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We had a really fun conversation about how to support local actors in closing major, country-wide data gaps and the value of ‘open-ready’ air quality sensors. Got to play a quick game of “TomorrowParty” too! Thank you, State of Global Air and Pallavi Pant (she/her)!

Christa Hasenkopf, Director of EPIC's Clean Air Program, and tanushree ganguly, Director of Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), delivered several presentations on the role of air quality data in addressing #AirPollution at USAID workshops in Nepal.

Learn more: epic.uchicago.edu/news/epic-expe…

In the most polluted provinces of Pakistan—Punjab, Islamabad Capital Territory & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa—165.5M residents or 69.5% of Pakistan’s population are on track to lose between 3.7-4.6 yrs of life expectancy on avg relative to the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline.

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All of Bangladesh’s 164.8M people live in areas where the annual avg PM2.5 level exceeds both the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline & the country’s own national standard.

Even in the least polluted district of Sylhet, PM2.5 is 9.7x the WHO PM2.5 guideline. bit.ly/3qQWDlk

When Chinese citizens highlight violations on social media, firms committed 62% fewer. Air pollution dropped by 12.2%, water by 3.8%.

Michael Greenstone (Energy Policy Institute at UChicago), Harris Policy's shaoda wang, Mark Buntaine, Zhang Bing, Mengdi Liu, & Guojun He.

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>6.8M residents of Mandalay, Myanmar, are expected to lose 3 years and 5 months of life expectancy on avg due to #AirPollution .

>8.6M people in Hanoi, Vietnam, are expected to lose 3 years.

More on why SE Asian cities are #pollution hotspots: bit.ly/3rYeN5x

'As per AQLI Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) published by Energy Policy Institute at UChicago in Aug '23, the avg #Indian ’s life expectancy is reduced by 5.3 yrs due to PM2.5 pollution. In #NewDelhi , life expectancy is cut by 10 years. An avg #Pakistani would live for 3.9 yrs longer if air quality met the #WHO_guidelines .'

Tune in live tomorrow for #ScienceOnThe7th with Pallavi Pant (she/her) & Christa Hasenkopf Christa Hasenkopf

They will discuss global air quality inequalities.

Watch the livestream here: bit.ly/3VwgdjZ
⏰ 10 AM EDT | 2 PM GMT | 5 PM EAT | 7:30 PM IST
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All of Pakistan’s 238M people live in areas where the annual average particulate pollution level exceeds the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline.

Our 2023 #AQLIReport finds 98.3% of the population live in areas that exceed the country’s own national air quality standard. bit.ly/3qQWDlk

The Global Burden of Disease assessment estimates that 20% of global type 2 diabetes cases are related to chronic exposure PM2·5). 99% of the global population residing in areas where air pollution levels are above current World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ AQG ⁦The Lancet⁩ thelancet.com/journals/landi…

All of Guatemala’s 17.4M people live in areas where the annual average particulate #pollution level exceeds the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline.

Despite a high health burden due to PM2.5, the country does not have a national standard. More from our 2023 #AQLIReport : bit.ly/3qQWDlk

Measured in terms of life expectancy, particulate #pollution takes 1.8yrs off the life of the average Nigerian resident.

In contrast, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections reduce average life expectancy by 1.2yrs. Learn more from our 2023 #AQLIReport :

Rising Air Pollution Can Cut Life Expectancy By More Than 5 Years Per Person In South Asian Countries, Says Study

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#SLSV #SLSV India #AirPollution #LifeExpectancy #SouthAsia #Health #PublicHealth #PollutionEffects #ClimateChange #StudyResults Energy Policy Institute at UChicago

Join us in April & May for a special two-part #ScienceOnThe7th conversation focused on inequities in air pollution exposures.

📌 Part 1: Christa Hasenkopf Christa Hasenkopf, April 5, 2024
📌 Part 2: Matthew Tejada, May 7, 2024

Access part 1: bit.ly/3VwgdjZ
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North Africa has sparse air quality monitoring. As shown by Greenpeace Africa’s latest report, air quality monitoring and data availability are the essential first steps to address air pollution and safeguard people’s health. #CleanAirNow