Fossil fuels are a major source of air pollution. An estimated 85 percent of nitrogen oxides originate from fossil combustion in polluting sectors like power, industry, and transportation. Fossil fuel combustion is also a significant source of black carbon, a component of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) that is also a powerful climate change driver.
Contributions of fossil fuel combustion to air pollution worldwide, by major air pollutant
(in percent)
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World Bank. (June 15, 2023). Contributions of fossil fuel combustion to air pollution worldwide, by major air pollutant (in percent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441273/fossil-fuel-contributions-to-air-pollutants-worldwide/
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World Bank. (2023). Contributions of fossil fuel combustion to air pollution worldwide, by major air pollutant (in percent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441273/fossil-fuel-contributions-to-air-pollutants-worldwide/
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Contributions of fossil fuel combustion to air pollution worldwide, by major air pollutant (in percent) [Graph], World Bank, June 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1441273/fossil-fuel-contributions-to-air-pollutants-worldwide/
