Every year, EPIC’s Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) releases its latest data showing the impact of air pollution on life expectancy. Through the AQLI’s hyper-local data, users anywhere on Earth can zoom into their district and see how much longer they would live if policies were to reduce pollution to meet the World Health Organization’s guideline, a national standard, or a user-defined target. This information can help inform local communities and policymakers about the benefits of air pollution policies in perhaps the most important measure that exists: longer lives.
On September 3, AQLI’s director Tanushree Ganguly and EPIC’s Clean Air Program director Christa Hasenkopf unpacked the main findings from the AQLI 2024 report on pollution’s impact on life expectancy as well as the state of pollution standards across the globe. They were joined by EPIC’s Clean Air Champions Chetan Bhattacharji and Sarath Guttikunda, Washington University in St. Louis’ Aaron Van Donkelaar, and the World Health Organization’s Heba Safi for a moderated discussion around the findings.
The new report and webinar came just ahead of the world community’s commemoration of International Day of Clean Air on September 7.
Agenda
8AM CDT: Welcome and introduction, presented by Christa Hasenkopf
8:05 AM CDT: AQLI 2024 report findings, presented by Tanushree Ganguly
8:20 AM CDT: Moderated panel discussion, moderated by Chetan Bhattacharji
- Unpacking global air quality data, with Dr Aaron Van Donkelaar
- What’s happening in MENA, with Heba Safi
- What’s happening in South Asia, with Dr Sarath Guttikunda
8:50 AM CDT: Audience Q&A
9:00 AM CDT: Wrap-Up
