Air Pollution

How China is tackling air pollution with big data

china-air-pollution-smog-image

Poor outdoor air quality results in over 1 million deaths across China each year. Image: REUTERS/China Daily.

Hu Qin
Senior Director of Research, Beijing Representative Office, Environmental Defense Fund
Matt Whitney
Portfolio Manager, Clean Air Fund
Share:
Our Impact
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how Air Pollution is affecting economies, industries and global issues
A hand holding a looking glass by a lake
Crowdsource Innovation
Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
Stay up to date:

Air Pollution

Have you read?
Beijing-National-Stadium-air-pollution-china
Beijing’s National Stadium (the Bird’s Nest) pictured before and during the games. Source Image: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Jason Lee/Reuters
taxi-monitoring-system-air-pollution-china
Spatial coverage of the taxi monitoring system. Image: Clean Air Fund
Discover

What's the World Economic Forum doing about the transition to clean energy?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Related topics:
Air PollutionData ScienceChina
Share:
World Economic Forum logo
Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

Newer school buses could cut student absences

Kim North Shine

April 19, 2023

1:29

About Us

Events

Media

Partners & Members

  • Join Us

Language Editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

© 2023 World Economic Forum