IEA report links 6.5m global deaths to air pollution
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EACH year about 6.5 million deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution, a number that could grow in coming decades unless the energy sector steps up its efforts to slash emissions, the International Energy Agency warned yesterday.
In the Paris-based agency’s first report on the subject, the IEA said air pollution is the fourth biggest threat to human health, after high blood pressure, bad diets and smoking.
“Without changes to the way that the world produces and uses energy, the ruinous toll from air pollution on human life is set to rise,” it said.
Outdoor air pollution comes mainly from power plants, factories and cars while household pollution stems from dirty stoves, primarily in developing countries. About 3 million premature deaths are linked to outdoor air pollution and 3.5 million premature deaths to inhaling smoke from household stoves, the report said.
The latter number is likely to fall to 3 million in 2040 as access to cleaner-burning stoves improves in poor nations, IEA said. But it projected the toll linked to outdoor air would rise to 4.5 million, mainly in Asia, as growing demand for energy results in higher emissions.
“Air pollution in many of the region’s growing cities continues to be a major public health hazard,” the report said.
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