Energy Transition

Light pollution: Everything you need to know

Most people cannot see the natural night sky because of light pollution.

Most people cannot see the natural night sky because of light pollution. Image: Unsplash/jan_huber

Bridget Reed Morawski
Writer, EcoWatch
Share:
Our Impact
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how Energy Transition 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:

Energy Transition

Light pollution involves excessive or poor use of artificial outdoor light.
Light pollution involves excessive or poor use of artificial outdoor light. Image: Pexels/Pixabay

The most light-polluted hot spots are concentrated around the planet’s largest cities.
The most light-polluted hot spots are concentrated around the planet’s largest cities. Image: Unsplash/graylab

Wild species are affected by artificial light pollution.
Wild species are affected by artificial light pollution. Image: Pexels

Milky way on mountains. Light pollution
There are only a few places on Earth where excellent conditions exist for astronomical observation. Image: Unsplash/denisdegioanni

Discover

What is the World Economic Forum doing to ensure smart cities?

Have you read?
Don't miss any update on this topic

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

Sign up for free

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:
Energy TransitionHealth and Healthcare
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.

How scaling up collaboration and engagement can help tackle scope 3 upstream emissions

Trine Filtenborg de Nully and Pim Valdre

November 29, 2023

2:00

About Us

Events

Media

Partners & Members

  • Join Us

Language Editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

© 2023 World Economic Forum