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Air pollution in Kathmandu

Around 100 people die every day in Nepal because of air pollution. Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, has a population of around 3.5 million. Rapid and haphazard urbanisation in the last few decades has resulted in the degradation of the...

The Threat of Ambient Air Pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal

Abstract Air pollution has been a major problem of 21st century for both developed and developing world. It has a negative impact on various environmental aspects which directly or indirectly affect the quality of human health. Nepal, especially Kathmandu, in...

Kathmandu air pollution hits record high

Winter inversion, vehicular emission, wildfires, and cross-border industrial pollution have combined to give Kathmandu Valley the worst air quality among cities in the world this week, adding to the risk of respiratory complications for Covid-19 patients. On Monday night, the...

Nepal General Health Risks: Air Pollution

COUNTRY RISK In accordance with the World Health Organization's guidelines, the air quality in Nepal is considered unsafe - the most recent data indicates the country's annual mean concentration of PM2.5 is 100 µg/m3, exceeding the recommended maximum of 10...

The paradox of air pollution in the Kathmandu valley

Arriving at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is an assault on the senses. There is a heady concoction of both sights and sounds as taxi drivers line up patiently in their battered decades-old Nissans and Suzukis, while thick swirls of...

Clearing the air in Kathmandu

As one of the world's fastest urbanising countries, how can Nepal manage growing demand for transport and electricity, while ensuring clean air?

Smog over Kathamandu. Air pollution in Nepal's capital regularly breaches the World Health Organisation's safety guidelines (Kashish Das Shrestha)

Nepal has long been recognised as one of the world's most natural disaster and climate vulnerable Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Perhaps at no other time in recent history have these two vulnerabilities been exposed as powerfully as between April 2015 and 2016 when Nepal experienced a devastating earthquake, a severe winter drought and record breaking forest fires.