Tajikistan ranks as the sixth most polluted country globally according to the 2024 World Air Quality Report, with vehicle emissions identified as a major source of pollution. Central Asia is among ...

Living next to the Chinese-owned Zijin mines, villagers near Bor in eastern Serbia and Panjakent in western Tajikistan face the same threat: poisoned air, degraded farmland, and no recourse. At ...

Globally, the five most polluted countries in 2021 were Bangladesh, Chad, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and India. These nations had air pollution levels at least 10 times higher than the WHO standards.

“Air pollution remains the greatest environmental threat to human health,” the report states. “According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 99 percent of the global population lives in areas that ...

At neweurasia, Gulru writes about water pollution in Tajikistan, saying that there Tajik citizens can be part of the solution. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of ...

Tajikistan, home to the majority of Central Asia's glaciers, is urging global action as climate change accelerates glacier ...

All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is ...

Tajikistan’s government has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30-40 percent by 2030 and is a signatory to both the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol. But, with the lowest GDP per ...

Villages near Bor in Serbia and Panjakent in Tajikistan share a growing concern: pollution from Chinese-owned mines. While Belgrade and Dushanbe welcome Beijing’s investment, locals fear for ...

Pollution has become a pressing global issue, ... Tajikistan. In fourth place, Tajikistan recorded a PM2.5 concentration of 49.0 µg/m³, around nine times higher than the WHO guideline.

The pollution studied is called fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, because it refers to solid particles less than 2.5 micrometers in size: ... India and Tajikistan — are in South and Central Asia.