CREA's October 2025 ambient air quality monthly snapshot for India is now available:

energyandcleanair.org/india-monthly-ambient-air-quality-snapshot-october-2025/

🚨 As of Oct 2025, 255 out of 293 cities have overshot the WHO’s annual PM2.5 standards, indicating widespread non-compliance with global air quality guidelines

🏅 🌿 Shillong, in the state of Meghalaya, was the cleanest city in India in October 2025, with a monthly average PM2.5 of 10 µg/m³

💡 Besides Delhi, all other megacities, such as Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bangalore, saw their monthly averages in Oct falling within the NAAQS

🏅 💨 Dharuhera ranked as most polluted city in India in October 2025, recording a monthly average PM2.5 concentration of 123 µg/m³

⚠️ It exceeded the daily NAAQS limit of 60 µg/m³ on 77% of the days of the month

💡 The monthly average PM2.5 levels in all 98 National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) cities with more than 80% of days with data surpassed the WHO's daily guideline for PM2.5, while 86 cities met India's daily NAAQS

🇨🇳 The 4-year assessment of China’s overseas coal power projects is now available here:

energyandcleanair.org/publication/...

💡 🌿 Addressing the captive loophole, co-designing early retirement pathways in partnership with host countries, prioritising renewable energy investments, and oversight with a dedicated agency will help translate the overseas coal pledge into concrete transition strategies

⚠️ Yet, 12.1 GW of capacity remains under construction across 14 projects

💡 These are largely off-grid captive coal projects in Indonesia, India, Laos, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, that serve industrial needs and are owned by private Chinese companies, a loophole yet to be addressed

As of July 2025, the total capacity of overseas coal projects in the pipeline has dropped to 31.4 GW, down from nearly 50 GW in 2024

Cancellations have also accelerated, after a slowdown in 2024, with 16.4 GW of new capacity cancelled in 2025

🇨🇳 The 4-year assessment of China’s overseas coal power projects is now available here:

energyandcleanair.org/publication/...

💡 🌿 Addressing the captive loophole, co-designing early retirement pathways in partnership with host countries, prioritising renewable energy investments, and oversight with a dedicated agency will help translate the overseas coal pledge into concrete transition strategies

⚠️ Yet, 12.1 GW of capacity remains under construction across 14 projects

💡 These are largely off-grid captive coal projects in Indonesia, India, Laos, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, that serve industrial needs and are owned by private Chinese companies, a loophole yet to be addressed

As of July 2025, the total capacity of overseas coal projects in the pipeline has dropped to 31.4 GW, down from nearly 50 GW in 2024

Cancellations have also accelerated, after a slowdown in 2024, with 16.4 GW of new capacity cancelled in 2025

🇨🇳 CREA's October 2025 #ChinaMonthlySnapshot of China's energy & air pollution trends is now available in EN & CN👇

energyandcleanair.org/china-energy...

💨 In September 2025, Tianjin recorded the highest PM2.5 & NO₂ concentrations among all provincial capitals, while ozone pollution remained most severe in North China & the Yangtze River Delta

🏅 Tianjin: highest PM2.5 & NO₂
🏅 Shijiazhuang (Hebei): first in O₃