Future of the Environment

Pollution: it isn't all bad, in fact it can be pretty useful

Residents do morning exercises at a park on a hazy day in Shenzhen, Guangdong province February 12, 2015. Nearly 90 percent of China's big cities failed to meet air quality standards in 2014, but that was still an improvement on 2013 as the country's "war on pollution" began to take effect, the environment ministry said on February 2. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - RTR4P8T4

Smog is grimy, suffocating and unpleasant on the eye - but it could also be put to good use Image: REUTERS/Stringer

Ross Chainey
Content Lead, UpLink, World Economic Forum
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