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Global Environment Outlook

The global challenge

The GEO-6 report, covering the theme ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People,’ is particularly relevant for India. It notes that East and South Asia have suffered the highest number of deaths due to air pollution. As the country's population grows, agricultural yields are coming under stress due to the increase in average temperature and erratic monsoons.

Parlous planet

The findings will bear on public health not the least because a quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage.