New Delhi: Outdoor air pollution from coal, liquid gas and petrol use led to over 17 lakh deaths in India in 2022, according to the latest Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. This is a 38 percent increase from 2010, said the report released Tuesday. Globally, there were 2.5 million deaths due to ambient air pollution from fossil fuels in 2022.

Coming at a time when Delhi’s Air Quality Index levels have remained above 250 (‘poor’ category) for the second week in a row, the report focuses heavily on how ambient air pollution has claimed lives globally. In India, specifically, emissions from fossil fuel usage rose by 21 percent between 2016 and 2022, and in certain sectors like transport, 96 percent of all energy needs came from fossil fuels.

Apart from fossil fuel usage,

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