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Air pollution and climate change are two of the biggest environmental threats impacting human health, food security, ecosystems, and livelihoods.
At the University of York, the SEI York’s air pollution, climate and environmental change group works to quantify the impacts of these threats, and to identify solutions that have multiple benefits.
There is a particular focus on national planning and decision making, emission mitigation assessments, health and other impact assessments and the impacts of management and climate change on forest, agriculture and peatland soils.
Exposure to air pollution outdoors and indoors is the largest environmental risk factors for human health, contributing over 5 million deaths per year.
Climate change affects food security, human health and ecosystems, disproportionately impacting the most disadvantaged in society. Air quality and climate change are closely linked, because of common sources of air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, there is a large opportunity to design strategies which simultaneously mitigate climate change and contribute to achieving the Paris Agreement, while at the same time result in local benefits for air pollution and human health.
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SEI York supports national planners, city officials and private sector companies to assess these impacts at local, regional and national level in over 30 countries.
Researchers focus on capacity building of national institutions in partner countries, development and application of appropriate emission mitigation assessment tools to support decision making and increased action to reduce both air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Our researchers also focus on using direct measurements with modelling tools to unravel the underpinning mechanisms and ecosystem responses of management and climate change to peatland soils.
Feature / The Climate and Clean Air conference brought together partners to discuss a shared agenda for clean air and climate change. SEI researchers share key takeaways.
Feature / At the INGENIOUS webinar, Sarah West and indoor air quality experts emphasized the need for further research to promote indoor air quality in all UK households.
Feature / SEI and Bogotá’s environment agency are collaborating on an approach to reduce black carbon.
Media coverage / In an interview with BBC One, SEI's Kevin Hicks discussed the problems caused by ammonia released from livestock farming.
Journal article / Researchers from our York and Asia centres contributed to the first national and provincial air pollutant emissions inventory for Lao PDR.
Past event / Researchers presented the SAMHE project's work with schools at this event bringing together policymakers and academics to address air pollution.
Project / The project works with the Bogotá Environmental Agency to develop diverse pathways for air quality management.
Project / This project investigates air pollutants inside homes in the city of Bradford, UK: their sources, interactions and health effects on those living there.
Project / On behalf of CCAC, UNEP is cooperating with SEI to support the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Kenya under SNAP.
Project / A scientifically robust and policy-relevant framework to identify and assess priority measures that maximize the multiple-benefits for air quality and climate.
Project / A citizen science project monitoring indoor air, created with and for UK schools.
Project / Accelerating low carbon transport policies and plans that meet the mobility needs of marginalized groups in Indonesia.
Project / Improving understanding about early life origins, burden, determinants, and prognostic significance of non-communicable lung disease in Kenya.
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