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Clean air action plan: the way forward

For the first time this century, the average particulate matter exposure was higher for Indian citizens than that of Chinese people, a Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite data on particulate matter has shown. China’s strong measures to curb pollution have contributed to the biggest year-on-year air quality improvement on record; while in contrast, India’s pollution levels continued a decade-long increase to reach the highest level on record.

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