air pollution Archives

LEAP 2020: SEI’s flagship tool for low emissions analysis gets major upgrade

Feature / Countries can now model energy storage and assess the health impacts of indoor air pollution for different groups including women and children.

14 May 2020 / About Mitigation, Pollution, Sustainable Development Goals and Transport

Strengths and weaknesses of the WHO urban air pollutant database

Journal article / This paper recommends improvements to the WHO's 2018 global ambient air quality database to enable better city comparisons.

25 April 2020 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Streets in New Delhi, India during Covid-19 lockdown

Covid-19 pandemic raises new questions about the health impacts of air pollution

Feature / SEI researchers discuss the health impacts of air pollution, and the related health questions and policy lessons emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic.

23 April 2020 / About Pollution

Aerial view of scattered sea ice floating on dark Arctic waters under bright sunlight.

Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options

Journal article / Find out the potential to mitigate emissions across the consumption domains of food, housing, transport and others.

22 April 2020 / About Mitigation and Sustainable lifestyles

National Action Planning Document for SLCP mitigation in Côte d’Ivoire

Other publication / The first national assessment of air pollutant emission levels and the expected benefits of air pollutant emission control measures in Côte d’Ivoire.

17 January 2020 / About Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Opportunities for increasing ambition of Nationally Determined Contributions through integrated air pollution and climate change planning: A practical guidance document

Other publication / A practical framework to identify, prioritise and include measures increasing a country’s climate change mitigation ambition by improving local air quality.

1 September 2019 / About Climate policy, Mitigation, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Thailand’s biofuel policies among prime reasons for present toxic haze

Media coverage / SEI Research Associate May Thazin Aung co-authored a blog post for the Bangkok Tribune on the complexity behind Thailand's biofuel policies.

9 February 2020 / About Bioeconomy and Pollution

Mitigating the impacts of air pollutants in Nepal and climate co-benefits: a scenario-based approach

Journal article / Impact reductions from SLCPs, CO2, and other air pollutants for Nepal are examined under different scenarios.

27 January 2020 / About Mitigation, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

SEI Initiative on Integrated Climate and Development Planning

Initiative / This initiative enables integrated national planning for Nationally Determined Contributions and Sustainable Development Goals.

2020 - 2024 / About Planning and modelling, Pollution and Sustainable Development Goals