Welcome back to the ‘Dataset of the month’ blog series, where we bring you a mega compilation of free, available datasets on trending topics. The topic we chose for this month is ‘Climate Change & Environment’.
You can also read previous blogs in the ‘Dataset of the month’ series on the following blogs:
- Russia-Ukraine War News Datasets
- Israel-Hamas News Datasets
- Global Inflation Datasets
- US Elections News Dataset
- India Elections 2024 News Dataset
- FIFA World Cup News Datasets
- Infrastructure Development News Dataset
- Carbon Footprints News Datasets
- Indian Stock Market News Datasets
- Space Race News Datasets
- Climate Crisis News Datasets
- Oil Trading News Datasets
- AI Progress News Datasets
- Heat Waves News Datasets
- French Elections News Datasets
- EV News Datasets
- Cybercrime News Datasets
- UEFA Euro Standings News Datasets
- 2024 Olympics News Datasets
- US Tariff News Datasets Compilation 2025
- India-Pakistan Conflict Datasets Compilation
- Cyber Crimes Datasets 2025
- Climate change Datasets 2025
Global Pollution 2025
As we see, the Air quality is going beyond the average Air Quality index, which is harmful for humans and other living organisms. Water storage is happening in several cities around the world, and fresh drinking water is depleting. Pollution is rising at a high level, which is not a good sign for our environment. This global pollution is affecting the Earth’s atmosphere, and it is leading to climate change, acid rain, and damage to ecosystems and biodiversity. Air pollution is a major contributor to global warming, which can lead to more extreme weather events and a wide range of health problems, even leading to causes of death.
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1. Average PM2.5 concentration in the most polluted countries worldwide in 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Published by Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135356/most-polluted-countries-in-the-world/
Description: Chad was the most polluted country in the world in 2024, with an average annual PM2.5 concentration of micrograms per cubic meter of air (µg/m3). These levels were around times above the World Health Organization guideline. Major sources of PM2.5 include residential fuel burning, road vehicles, and power plants.
2. Average PM2.5 concentration in the most polluted cities worldwide in 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222702/most-polluted-cities-in-the-world/
Description: The city of Byrnihat in Meghalaya, India, was the most polluted in the world in 2024.
3. Annual average particulate pollution (PM2.5) levels worldwide from 2000 to 2022
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo,
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464237/global-annual-average-pm25-concentrations/
Description: The global average concentration of particulate matter (PM2.5) was micrograms per cubic meter of air (μg/m3) in 2022. Governments around the world have been battling air pollution not only because of its environmental impacts, but also due to its adverse effects on human health.
4. Annual emissions of air pollutants worldwide from 1990 to 2022, by type
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1476343/air-pollutant-emissions-by-type-worldwide/
Description: Global emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) decreased by roughly percent between 1990 and 2022, to million metric tons. By volume, CO is the most produced air pollutant worldwide among major types. It is a product of the incomplete burning of carbon in fuels from a variety of sources, including motor vehicles, boilers, and certain industrial processes.
5. Global Air Pollution Dataset
Source: Kaggle
Author: HASIB AL MUZDADID
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/hasibalmuzdadid/global-air-pollution-dataset/data
Description: Contains AQI values of different pollutants for many cities all over the world. Air Pollution is contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical, or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Household combustion devices, motor vehicles, industrial facilities, and forest fires are common sources of air pollution.
6. Average PM2.5 concentrations in selected major cities worldwide in 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1383851/air-pollution-in-major-cities-worldwide/
Description: Air pollution levels in cities vary greatly around the world, though they are typically higher in developing regions.
7. Number of deaths attributable to air pollution worldwide from 1990 to 2021
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475533/global-air-pollution-deaths-annual/
Description: There were approximately million deaths worldwide in 2021 attributable to air pollution, representing an increase of percent compared with 1990. Approximately percent of these deaths were linked to household air pollution from burning solid fuels for cooking, heating, or other domestic tasks.
8. Number of deaths attributable to air pollution in 2000 and 2021, by region
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 23, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/830910/deaths-due-to-air-pollution-in-select-region/
Description: East Asia and the Pacific and South Asia are the two regions that record the highest number of air pollution-related deaths worldwide. These regions saw and million deaths from air pollution, respectively, with the majority of these deaths occurring in China and India.
9. Estimated number of deaths from air pollution worldwide in 2021, by type
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/512148/air-pollution-deaths-globally-by-type/
Description: Ambient particulate matter pollution was the largest source of air pollution-related premature deaths worldwide in 2021, followed by household air pollution from solid fuels. Globally, the leading cause of air pollution deaths in 2021 was Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
10. Distribution of municipal solid waste treatment and disposal worldwide in 2020, by method
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Aug 7, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/916682/global-municipal-solid-waste-treatment-by-method/
Description: In 2020, nearly percent of global municipal waste was disposed of in an uncontrolled form, likely ending up in open dumps or being burned. Recycling only accounted for percent of municipal waste disposal that year, with another percent ending up in landfills.
11. Size of some of the largest landfills worldwide as of 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Aug 7, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/530481/largest-dump-sites-worldwide/
Description: As of 2024, the Apex Regional Landfill in Las Vegas, United States, covered about acres of land, making it the largest landfill site in the world. Holding around a million tons of waste, the Apex Regional Landfill receives approximately tons of waste every day and is projected to have a lifetime of over 250 years at current rates.
12. Daily volume of waste dumped at the largest landfills worldwide as of 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252697/largest-dump-sites-by-daily-volume-worldwide/
Description: Thousands of tons of waste are sent to the world’s largest landfills every day. The Apex Regional landfill site in Las Vegas – the largest landfill site in the world by area – receives more than 10,000 tons of waste every day. However, the Sudokwon landfill site in South Korea receives considerably more, at up to tons of waste per day.
13. Air Quality Data
Source: Kaggle
Publish Date: October 2025
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/programmer3/air-quality-data
Description: The dataset contains the Air Quality Index (AQI) at hourly and daily levels at various stations across multiple cities.
14. India’s Air Quality Index
Source: Kaggle
Author: Chitwan Manchanda
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/chitwanmanchanda/indias-air-quality-index
Description: Real-time National Air Quality Index values from different monitoring stations across India. The pollutants monitored are Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Ozone(O3), etc.
15. Global annual tree cover loss in 2024, by dominant driver
Source: Statista
Author: M. Garside
Publish Date: Aug 22, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227308/tree-cover-loss-global-drivers/
Description: In 2024, wildfires were the leading driver of tree cover loss worldwide, amounting to approximately 14 million hectares of tree cover loss. Shifting agriculture, where small to medium-scale forest and shrubland conversion for agriculture is later abandoned and followed by subsequent forest regrowth, ranked fourth, contributing to roughly three million hectares of loss that year.
16. Area harvested for selected food crops worldwide from 1961 to 2023
Source: Statista
Author: M. Shahbandeh
Publish Date: Jun 30, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1260569/crop-area-harvest-worldwide-by-selected-product/
Description: The harvested area for soybeans worldwide has increased substantially since the 1960s. In 1961, the area from which soybeans were gathered was a million hectares, but by 2023, the area had increased to over a million hectares. This has coincided with the rise in soybean production for livestock feed. The area harvested for other crops such as oil palm fruit, sugar cane, and coffee has also increased considerably to meet growing demand. This has harmed the environment, especially in terms of deforestation in tropical regions.
17. Global consumption of agricultural fertilizer from 1965 to 2022, by nutrient
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Nov 7, 2024
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/438967/fertilizer-consumption-globally-by-nutrient/
Description: In 1965, the consumption of chemical fertilizers stood at some 46.3 million metric tons. By 2022, this amount had increased to 187.92 million tons. In that latter year, nitrogen fertilizers accounted for around 58 percent of the total global consumption, whereas phosphate and potash fertilizers held shares of 23 and 18 percent, respectively. Mineral fertilizers are widely used in agriculture to improve soil fertility and achieve higher crop yields. They typically contain one or more of the three main essential nutrients needed for plant growth: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
18. Proportion of degraded land worldwide from 2015 to 2019, by region
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441406/global-land-degradation-by-region/
Description: Between 2015 and 2019, the estimated proportion of land degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa increased from percent to percent. This was the fastest rate of degradation over this period when compared to other regions. The region with the largest proportion of land degradation is Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia, at almost percent.
19. Distribution of factors causing water pollution worldwide as of 2023
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1552335/causes-of-water-pollution-worldwide/
Description: The two biggest factors causing water pollution worldwide are industrial discharges and agricultural runoff. Meanwhile, oil spills, despite their significant media attention, only account for a small share of water pollution.
20. Air Quality: Data Analysis with EDA
Source: Kaggle
Author: Koustabh Das
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/code/koustabh98das/air-quality-data-analysis-with-eda
Description: This dataset contains air quality data analysis.
21. Most common items found during the International Coastal Ocean Cleanup in 2023
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Aug 7, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/726724/weight-of-most-common-items-found-in-global-oceans/
Description: Cigarette butts were the most common waste item found during the 2023 International Coastal Cleanup, with over a million units collected globally. Plastic beverage bottles were the second most collected waste item, followed by plastic bottle caps. In total, more than a million waste items were collected from beaches and the ocean.
22. Largest oil tanker disasters worldwide between 1967 and 2024, by quantity of spilled oil
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Jun 27, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/262790/oil-tanker-disasters-by-quantity-of-spilled-oil/
Description: The Atlantic Empress tanker spilled metric tons of oil off Tobago in 1979. This was the largest oil tanker disaster by quantity of spilled oil since 1967. By comparison, during the ABT Summer oil tanker spill that occurred in 1991, some metric tons of oil were spilled off the coast of Angola. At the time of the disaster, the vessel had serviced the maritime oil cargo industry for almost 18 years.
23. Volume of oil leaked from tanker incidents worldwide from 1970 to 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Feb 4, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/268557/quantity-of-oil-spilt-from-tanker-incidents-since-1970/
Description: The amount of oil spilled from oil tankers worldwide was approximately 10,000 metric tons in 2024. This was a notable increase compared to the previous year. In 2018, a total of 116,000 metric tons of oil was leaked from oil tanker incidents, the largest quantity leaked in 24 years. Most of the quantity leaked in 2018 was attributable to the incident involving the MT Sanchi in the East China Sea. Since the 1970s and 1980s, the average annual amount of oil spilled from tankers has decreased significantly.
24. Countries with the lowest proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality worldwide as of 2023
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Description: As of 2023, approximately percent of water bodies around the world registered good water quality. During the same period, five countries reported only ten or fewer than ten percent of their water bodies with good ambient water quality, among them, India, Burkina Faso, Malta, Indonesia, and Bahrain.
25. Lowest scores of clean estuarine, coastal, and open ocean waters worldwide as of 2024, by country
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1143428/lowest-clean-water-index-countries-globally/
Description: The country with the lowest clean water score worldwide in 2024 was Benin, with a score of just 100. This was around points lower than the clean water score in Canada, which had one of the highest clean waters score worldwide in 2024. Other countries that had high levels of pollutants in estuarine, coastal, and open ocean waters that year were Togo, Monaco, and Ghana.
26. Annual number of deaths attributed to unsafe water sources worldwide from 1990 to 2021
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1552311/unsafe-water-deaths-global/
Description: In 2021, an estimated 800,000 deaths were attributed to unsafe water sources worldwide, a number that has fallen by 63 percent since 1990.
27. Hazardous waste generated in India in FY 2022, by state
Source: Statista
Author: Madhumitha Jaganmohan
Publish Date: Aug 7, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168489/india-amount-of-hazardous-waste-by-state/
Description: In the financial year 2022, India’s western state of Gujarat generated over a million metric tons of hazardous waste. This was the largest quantity produced by any state in India, and represented more than one-third of the total hazardous waste output across the South Asian country that year. Other major producers included Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha.
28. Clean Ganga Fund value in India as of March 2024, by source
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Jul 18, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1552759/india-clean-ganga-fund-value-by-source/
Description: In 2024, public sector units (PSUs) were the largest contributors to the Clean Ganga Fund (CGF) in India, amounting to over Indian rupees. This was followed by contributions from private corporations. The CGF aimed to mobilize resources for the rejuvenation of the river while encouraging citizen participation and had a corpus of nearly rupees.
29. Share of deaths due to unsafe water sources worldwide in 1990 and 2021, by select country
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097489/unsafe-water-death-rate-global/
Description: The number of deaths due to unsafe water sources has generally decreased over time. In low-income countries, unsafe water sources are the cause of 2.3 percent of deaths as of 2021. In Chad, seven percent of deaths are due to these unsafe water resources.
30. Visualising data on air pollution
Source: Kaggle
Author: Rina Repina
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/code/ekaterinabrepina/visualising-data-on-air-pollution
Description: This study is based on air pollution datasets all over.
31. Share of all daily deaths attributable to PM2.5 levels above WHO air quality guidelines in selected major cities in India between 2008 and 2019
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 23, 2025
Link: http://statista.com/statistics/1563190/daily-deaths-linked-to-pm25-pollution-in-india-by-city/
Description: The Number of daily deaths in Delhi between 2008 and 2019 was linked to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels higher than World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for safe exposure. Annual average exposure to PM2.5 in Delhi exceeded 100 micrograms per cubic meter of air in 2023.
32. Global air quality
Source: NASA
Link: https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets/SNDRAQIL3CDCCP_2/summary
Description: This collection of datasets is published by NASA. This Earth data is updated till 2025 regarding the atmosphere and changes in air particles globally.
33. Global High Air Pollutants(GHAP) PM2.5 Concentrations (2017-2022)
Source: awesome-gee-community-catalog
Author: Samapriya Roy
Publish Date: 2024-06-09
Link: https://gee-community-catalog.org/projects/ghap/#license
Description: This dataset reveals extensive exposure to unhealthy air globally, identifies disparities in exposure between developed/developing countries, urban/rural areas, and within cities, captures the impact of events like COVID-19 lockdowns on air quality, and provides insights into nature-induced pollution episodes
34. Worldwide Pollution
Source: Kaggle
Author: Joakim Arvidsson
Link:https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/joebeachcapital/worldwide-pollution
Description: This dataset provides geolocated information about several pollutants affecting the air quality of the atmosphere on Earth.
35. Number of polluted river stretches in India in 2022, by state or territory
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1454735/polluted-river-stretches-india-by-state/
Description: In 2022, river stretches in India were identified as being polluted. Maharashtra was the state with the highest amount of polluted stretches, followed by Madhya Pradesh with stretches.
36. Number of people affected by groundwater contamination in India as of March 2025, by state
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 24, 2025
Description: As of March 2025, eight states presented groundwater contamination in India. Rajasthan and Assam were the states with the most people being affected, and a million people, respectively.
37. WHO Ambient Air Quality Database 2023
Source: Kaggle
Author: Nataly Reguerin
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/natalyreguerin/who-ambient-air-quality-database-2023
Description: Air pollution consists of many pollutants, among other particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide. These particles and gases can penetrate deep into the respiratory tract and therefore constitute a risk for health by increasing mortality from respiratory infections and diseases, lung cancer, and selected cardiovascular diseases. lung cancer, and selected cardiovascular diseases.
38. Average air quality index (AQI) in India in 2024, by select city
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1115024/india-aqi-by-city/
Description: New Delhi was the most polluted city in India in 2024, based on an average air quality index (AQI). The seven most polluted cities in India in 2024 all had AQI levels above. An AQI between 151 and 200 is classified as unhealthy.
39. Average particulate matter (PM10) concentration in the most polluted cities in India in 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 23, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464384/average-pm10-in-cities-in-india/>
Description: Sri Ganganagar in Jajasthan was India’s most polluted city in 2024, based on average annual PM10 concentrations of micrograms per cubic meter of air (µg/m³). This was roughly four times higher than India’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM10, and more than times above World Health Organization air quality guidelines.
40. Global Air Pollutant Emissions
Source: EDGAR- Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research
Link:https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ap81
Description: It provides emissions not only for the greenhouse gases per sector and country, but also for the air pollutants.
41. Annual number of deaths from leading risk factors in India in 2021
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1561020/india-number-deaths-risk-factor/
Description: Air pollution was the leading risk factor for death in India in 2021, with more than two million deaths from both outdoor and indoor air pollution. India had the second-highest number of deaths attributable to air pollution worldwide that year, behind only China.
42. Tree cover loss in India caused by forestry activities from 2002 to 2022
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 24, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1456488/tree-covers-loss-in-india-caused-by-forestry-activities/
Description: Tree cover loss by forestry activities in India amounted to thousand hectares (km²) in 2022, representing a decrease of percent from the previous year. During the period in consideration, tree cover loss by forestry was highest in 2017, at kma.
43. Number of landfills in India in FY 2022, by state
Source: Statista
Author: Madhumitha Jaganmohan
Publish Date: Aug 7, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168458/india-number-of-landfills-by-state/
Description: In the financial year 2022, there were a total of landfills in Maharashtra. This was the highest number of landfills in any Indian state that year. Ranking second was the state of Karnataka, which had landfills. Meanwhile, Delhi had only one landfill in 2022.
44. Number of people affected by groundwater contamination in India as of March 2025, by contaminant
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Description: In 2025, salinity was the main contaminant of groundwater in India, with almost all people affected by it. Other notable contaminants were iron and nitrate. By contrast, heavy metals contributed the least to contamination of Indian groundwater that year.
45. Average annual number of large oil spills worldwide per decade from 1970 to 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Jun 25, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/671539/average-number-of-oil-spills-per-decade/
Description: There was an average of large oil spills from tanker incidents every year in the decade from 2020 onward. In 2024, oil spills were reported where more than metric tons of oil leaked. In the years since the 1970s, the number of oil tanker spills has been notably reduced from an excess of large oil spills per year.
46. Projected distribution of plastic waste management worldwide in selected years from 2019 to 2060, by method
Source: Statista
Author: Statista Research Department
Publish Date: Aug 7, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1338848/global-plastic-waste-management-shares-outlook/
Description: Recycling accounted for percent of global plastic waste management in 2019, and is projected to account for percent by 2060. Despite this growth, landfilling will remain the largest waste management category for plastic waste over the next four decades, at roughly percent.
47. Annual carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2024
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 15, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/
Description: Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry totaled 37.01 billion metric tons (GtCO₂) in 2023. Emissions are projected to have risen 1.08 percent in 2024 to reach a record high of 37.41 GtCO₂. Since 1990, global CO₂ emissions have increased by more than 60 percent.
48. Annual average particulate pollution (PM2.5) levels worldwide from 2000 to 2022, by region
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 23, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1552529/annual-average-pm25-concentrations-worldwide-by-region/
Description: Particulate pollution (PM2.5) levels in South Asia averaged micrograms per cubic meter of air (μg/m3) in 2022. This was almost double the average global PM2.5 concentration that year. PM2.5 refers to particles that are micrometers in diameter or smaller. When inhaled, these tiny particles can lead to various health impacts, such as heart and respiratory diseases and can also lead to premature death.
49. Age-standardized death rates attributable to air pollution worldwide in 2021, by select country
Source: Statista
Author: Ian Tiseo
Publish Date: Jul 10, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475608/death-rates-due-to-air-pollution-in-select-countries/
Description: North Korea had the world’s highest death rate from air pollution in 2021, at per 100,000 inhabitants. This was roughly times higher than the global average, and more than times higher than the death rate in Finland. High-income countries typically have lower death rates from air pollution than those in developing regions. This is especially the case when looking at death rates among children from air pollution.
50. Distribution of International development funding for outdoor air quality projects worldwide from 2018 to 2022, by sector
Source: Statista
Author: Erick Burgueño Salas
Publish Date: Aug 7, 2025
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1476940/outdoor-air-quality-funding-shares-worldwide-by-sector/
Description: International development funders committed approximately billion U.S. dollars to global projects focused on tackling outdoor air pollution between 2018 and 2022. Transportation projects accounted for around percent, or billion U.S. dollars, of this total. These funds went to areas like investing in cleaner fuels, electric vehicles, and improving public transportation systems.
Conclusion
With this, we come to an end to this month’s ‘Dataset of the month’ blog. Make sure to check out our previously published blogs in ‘Dataset of the month’ on Newsdata.io. I hope to see you again next month for yet another blog on trending topics.
Happy Minning!
Aditi Chaudhary is an enthusiastic content writer at Newsdata.io, where she covers topics related to real-time news, News APIs, data-driven journalism, and emerging trends in media and technology. Aditi is passionate about storytelling, research, and creating content that informs and inspires. As a student of Journalism and Mass Communication with a strong interest in the evolving landscape of digital media, she aims to merge her creativity with credibility to expand her knowledge and bring innovation into every piece she creates.
