Announcements
Announcements
Over the past 5 years, the City of Dar es Salaam has made substantial progress in improving air quality, but still experiences poor air quality days and faces challenges in describing levels of pollution in the city. Measuring air pollution is an important step in understanding risks and designing effective policies to reduce community exposure to improve public health.
A busy highway in the Tanzanian city of Dar-es-Salaam. Photo: Lawrence Nzuve/SEI
Dar-es-Salaam City Council (DCC) is committed to achieving a sustainable, equitable and healthy future for residents. Following an air monitoring study and baseline assessment of air quality in the city, Dar es Salaam City Council plans to:
The project will support Dar es Salaam City Council by creating an estimate of current baseline air pollution characteristics in the city through
a) conducting an air monitoring study and
b) reviewing existing monitoring and satellite data.
At completion, the project will create templates and frameworks applicable to other cities interested in conducting similar air pollution baseline study efforts. Lessons learned and documentation developed will be shared with other C40 and non-C40 cities in Africa to strengthen capabilities amongst city staff.
Media coverage / SEI Africa director Philp Osano told a policy dialogue on air quality management in Tanzania that over 900,000 death occur in Africa due to air pollution
Press release / A collaborative programme by SEI, Athletics Kenya and UNEP aims to mitigate the impact of air pollution on athletes at St. Patrick’s High School, Iten.
Past event / SEI scientists will host a three-day training on WEAP, SEI's flagship water modelling software, on 29 and 31 January and 2 February. Register today.
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