Health insurers are examining if they can factor air pollution into pricing premiums. Air quality in Indian cities frequently ranks among the most hazardous in the world.

Clean air will help the city breathe. Quiet, even in a limited measure, will help it concentrate. Delhi will continue to grow ...

Each winter, Delhi slips back into a familiar emergency. A thick blanket of toxic smog settles over the city, visibility reduces, schools shut, flights are disrupted, and hospitals report a surge in ...

In India, much of the population breathes air that is 10 times more polluted than what the World Health Organization considers safe. In a study released April 15 in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, ...

When Arun Krishnamurthy was a child in the 1990s, his middle-class suburb in Chennai, India, was only half built. He didn’t have to wander far from his house to find green fields and lakes, where he ...

In September, Climate Crossroads traveled to Scripps Institution of Oceanography for RamFest 2025, a symposium celebrating the illustrious career of Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a visionary in climate ...

People holding banners and posters protest against Delhi’s poor air quality and demand that the government take action to curb pollution, New Delhi, India, Nov. 9, 2025. Credit: X/CPIML Liberation On ...

Air pollution in Delhi and its suburbs, which together comprise the National Capital Region (NCR), has been alarming in recent weeks. The problem is not new; it has been a recurring phenomenon largely ...