Diesel engines power the dominant share of goods movement, construction equipment, and public transport vehicles in the global economy. This report presents a global strategy to reduce fine particulate (PM2.5) and black carbon emissions from the global fleet of on-road diesel vehicles. The strategy identifies 36 countries for immediate action.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in the National Capital, 28/11/2016. The air pollution in National Capital Region (NCR) reached severe category as per Air Quality Index (AQI) recently during Diwali and first week of November, 2016.

Authorities in the national capital plan to have around 20 monitoring stations that will exclusively measure the levels of ultrafine particulates PM 2.5 and PM 10, the dominant pollutants in Delhi'

The toxic cocktail of tiny particulate matter (PM) in Ahmedabad's air this winter may be invisible to our eyes, but these very particles — in copious amounts — seep deep into our lungs, our veins,

The capital is recording its best November-end air quality in three years.

Weeks after the air pollution levels in Gurgaon rose to 'severe' category post Diwali, the PM 2.5 in the city again shot up to the maximum level of 248u/mg on Thursday evening, according the Centra

Almost nine out of 10 European city dwellers breathe air that is harmful to their health, though the continent's air quality is slowly improving, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said today.

Delhi, Faridabad and Varanasi have the poorest air quality among the 32 Indian cities which are connected to the web-based system National Air Quality Index Portal.

Air pollutants, such as ozone, have adverse impacts on human health and cause, for example, respiratory and cardiovascular problems. In the United Kingdom (UK), peak surface ozone concentrations typically occur in the spring and summer and are controlled by emission of precursor gases, tropospheric chemistry and local meteorology which can be influenced by large-scale synoptic weather regimes.

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This report presents an updated overview and analysis of air quality in Europe. It is focused in the state in 2015 and the development from 2004 to 2015. It reviews progress towards meeting the requirements of the air quality directives.

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