{"id":345429,"date":"2025-08-30T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345429"},"modified":"2025-08-30T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:31:55","slug":"air-quality-life-index-aqli-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/air-quality-life-index-aqli-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Quality Life Index (AQLI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; The 2025 edition of the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) Annual Update has been published.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_345430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345430\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-345430\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Air-Quality-Life-Index-AQLI.png?resize=474%2C257&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Air Quality Life Index (AQLI)\" width=\"474\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Air-Quality-Life-Index-AQLI.png?w=753&amp;ssl=1 753w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Air-Quality-Life-Index-AQLI.png?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Downtoearth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About Air Quality Life Index (AQLI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"303\">It is a scientific tool that calculates how <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/air-quality-life-index-aqli\/#How_dangerous_is_Particulate_Matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>particulate air pollution (PM2.5)<\/em><\/a> shortens human life expectancy.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"434\"><strong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"319\">Developer<\/strong>: Designed by Michael Greenstone, Professor at the Energy Policy Institute, <em>University of Chicago (EPIC).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"472\"><strong>Key Findings \u2013 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"690\"><strong data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"484\">India<\/strong>: If air pollution were reduced to meet WHO guidelines, the average Indian could <em>live 3.5 years longer<\/em>, while residents of Delhi could gain 8.2 additional years\u2014the highest in the country.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1150\"><strong data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"995\">Global Impact<\/strong>: If particulate pollution globally met WHO standards, the average person would <em>gain 1.9 years of life<\/em>, adding 15.1 billion life years worldwide.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1351\"><strong data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1167\">South Asia<\/strong>: Continues to hold the distinction of being the <em>most polluted region in the world<\/em>, with Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan facing the steepest losses in life expectancy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; The 2025 edition of the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) Annual Update has been published. About Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) It is a scientific tool that calculates how particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens human life expectancy. Developer: Designed by Michael Greenstone, Professor at the Energy Policy Institute, University of Chicago (EPIC). Key Findings&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/air-quality-life-index-aqli-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Air Quality Life Index (AQLI)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1305,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-345429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-index-reports-bodies","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}