World bank’s A Breath of Change Report:
The World Bank’s 2025 report, A Breath of Change, highlights that nearly one billion people in the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills (IGP-HF) breathe the world’s most polluted air, necessitating urgent transboundary cooperation.“A Breath of Change” is a strategic solutions book that moves beyond diagnosing air pollution to providing a practical, multi-sectoral roadmap for the IGP-HF airshed, covering 13 jurisdictions across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.It frames solutions around the “4Is” framework: Information, Incentives, Institutions, and Infrastructure.
