air pollution Archives

Three ways to navigate the risks along low-carbon transition pathways

Media coverage / Risks lurk along the whole pathway of low-carbon transitions. But, given the climate urgency, there is no time to wait, writes Stefan Bößner in EURACTIV.

10 December 2018 / About Adaptation, Fossil fuels and Mitigation

When will we breathe easy?

Media coverage / TRT World featured SEI Policy Director Johan Kuylenstierna and air pollution experts in their programme Roundtable: When will we breathe easy?

19 November 2018 / About Cities, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Sustainable lifestyles

Press briefing with Dr Jian Liu, Chief Scientist, UN Environment

Press release / This briefing will take stock of recent issues in the science and policy of sustainable development, ahead of the UNFCCC climate change summit in Poland.

12 November 2018 / About Adaptation, Cities, Finance and Pollution

Boy wearing a mouth mask against air pollution (Beijing).

Solving the air pollution crisis in Asia

Feature / Fewer than 8% of people living in Asia breathe clean air. A new report co-authored by SEI researchers proposes 25 solutions to this health crisis.

30 October 2018 / About Cities, Climate policy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

Air pollution leads to millions of emergency room visits for asthma attacks worldwide

Press release / Air pollution leads to tens of millions of emergency room visits for asthma attacks. First study to quantify global burden of asthma linked to air pollution.

24 October 2018 / About Pollution

Chimney stack pollution Photo by Sam Jotham Sutharson on Unsplash

Measurement-based assessment of health burdens from long-term ozone exposure in the United States, Europe, and China

Journal article / This article assesses premature respiratory mortality attributable to long-term O3 exposure for three regions of the world using ground-based monitoring data.

18 September 2018 / About Cities and Pollution

Image shows a smoldering charcoal basin.

PEER

Project / This project examined the potential of a dual-pronged approach to developing technical and social alternatives to charcoal in Zambia.

2018 - 2020 / About Cities, Energy access, Household energy and Land use

Supporting National Planning for Action on SLCPs using the LEAP-IBC tool

Other publication / Chapter in Quantifying Co-Benefits in Asia: Methods and Applications’, Asian Co-benefits Partnership White Paper 2018

1 April 2018 / About Cities, Food and agriculture, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport