India Delhi Logs Worst October Start in Four Years as Farm-Fire Season Opens Under a Strengthening El Niño Delhi's air quality index hit 166 on October 1, its worst start to October since 2022, as satellites logged 137 crop-residue fires across northern India. A strengthening El Niño, a dry monsoon and a November 8 Diwali complicate the weeks ahead.
sustainability Southeast Asia Reactivates Cross-Border Haze Monitoring as Dry Season Fire Risk Rises Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have reactivated joint haze-monitoring channels and peatland fire-prevention measures ahead of a forecast dry stretch over Sumatra and Borneo.
air quality Beijing's Air Quality Hits 15-Year Best as Clean Energy Transition Accelerates Beijing records its cleanest air in 15 years with PM2.5 at 28 µg/m³, a 62% improvement from 2015 driven by coal phaseout and vehicle electrification.
air quality Delhi Implements Emergency Air Quality Measures as AQI Hits 480 Delhi activates emergency Stage IV measures as Air Quality Index hits 480, with schools closed and construction halted amid the crop burning season.
