North America received the largest share of philanthropic funding to address poor air quality in 2023, with 34% of foundation funding. Africa received less than 1% and Asia received 6% excluding India and China. Most of the world’s most-polluted countries are in Africa and Asia, and no US city ranks among the 50 most polluted globally. In 2023, nearly eight million deaths were attributable to pollution, with the majority occurring in Asia. Prolonged exposure to PM2.5 from vehicles, manufacturing, and farming can cause lung diseases, cancers, heart failure, developmental delays in children, and dementia. The funding pattern reflects inequality between the Global North and Global South, and pollution levels in the Global South can be worsened by pollution exported from the Global North.
"North America received 34 percent of all foundation funding for the issue in 2023, versus less than 1 percent going to Africa and 6 percent going to Asia, excluding India and China."
"Of the almost eight million deaths attributable to pollution in 2023, the majority were in Asia. Prolonged exposure to toxic particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) that is generally emitted from vehicles, manufacturing, and farming can lead to lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancers, and heart failure, as well as developmental delays in children and dementia."
"That Africa and Asia receive so little philanthropic funding shows "the gross level of inequality of the Global North and Global South," said Weenarin Lulitanonda, cofounder of the Thailand Clean Air Network, in an interview with NPQ. Thailand's cities often rank among the most polluted in the world. Lulitanonda explained that often the Global South experiences worse PM2.5 levels because the Global North has "exported" its own pollution"
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