Air pollution could cost global economy $2.6 trillion a year

According to new reports, toxic air is not only harmful to human lungs and the environment, it is also terrible to the world economy.

According to a survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), by 2060, outdoor air pollution can reach up to $ 2.6 trillion a year, or 1% of the world's GDP per year. Cost is the result of sick leave, medical expenses and agricultural production decline

Countries such as China, Russia, and India, which are already suffering from serious pollution, are expected to suffer serious damage in particular.

By 2060, pollution also causes up to 9 million premortal deaths. Benefit costs related to these fatal effects are expected to increase to $ 25 trillion over the same period. An amount related to paying for pain or illness - for example hospitalization - is estimated to reach $ 2.2 trillion

The report said, "The potential economic impact of atmospheric pollution on both the market and non-market impacts is significant," he recommended the pollution emissions reduction policy. Since it is expected to deteriorate especially in the coming decades, we focus on the influence of outdoor pollution.

The most relevant early deaths are China and India, which are among the most contaminated countries in the world. In December last year Beijing government officials issued the highest smoke warning for the first time, which brought harm to the closure of the city and local businesses.

The OECD report calls for local policies aimed at trying to solve this problem. "There is no universal approach to reducing the impact of air pollution, as each country has greatly different pollutants and pollution sources," he said.

The proposed policy includes incentives for clean technology and stricter standards for air quality, vehicle exhaust and fuel quality standards.

Air pollution is a major problem faced by mankind. According to the Lanthet Pollution and Hygiene Committee it has delivered 9 million deaths worldwide, resulting in a welfare loss of US $ 4.6 trillion annually, equivalent to 2% of global production. People are sick and have many years of disability. However, we are seeing more and more air quality monitoring equipment and sensors appear. Some of these technologies are relatively simple. Monitor the quality of indoor and outdoor air using open source IoT platform such as NodeMCU equipped with MODT. Other innovations such as Personal Air Pollution Tracker Flow are portable monitoring systems that consumers can carry with backpacks or wallets.

According to joint research by the World Bank and the University of Washington University Health Indicators Association (IHME), air pollution causes world economic losses of $ 5 trillion each year due to reduced productivity and lower quality of life. These productivity losses are caused by death caused by diseases caused by air pollution. The death toll in 10 people in 2013 is due to diseases related to air pollution, the problem is getting worse. This problem is even more serious in developing countries. "Children under 5 years of age in low-income countries are more likely to die from air pollution by 60 times than children in high-income countries," the report points out that air pollution including medical expenses and reports Additional economic losses due to agriculture and other productivity are not. Adverse effects, the actual cost of the world economy is much higher than 5 trillion US dollars.

Air pollution has an adverse effect on the economy. According to statistics, air pollution not only harms human health but also harms the economy. According to the 2013 survey on air pollution in Europe, the number of deaths from air pollution in the EU is about 161 billion euros in California, 200 million dollars. Air pollution is common in developed countries. Large scale industrialization currently in progress in developed countries has resulted in an unprecedented amount of air pollutant emissions. In the United States, people at the height of the Grand Canyon can not see the other side of the Grand Canyon due to air pollution. In China, air pollution may become higher as the valley in Central Asia. As a result of this extensive air pollution, 65% of deaths in Central Asia and 25% of deaths in India are caused by air pollution.