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Pollution from human activity threatens both human health and vital ecosystems. SEI looks at issues of air pollution from household up to global levels, for example how pollution links to climate mitigation, urbanization and public health, and the potential role of citizen science in pollution monitoring.

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City Health and Wellbeing

Carbon lock-in

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Smoke on the horizon

CiXPAG

WATERDRIVE

The mining industry in a sustainable future

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A woman cooking dinner for her family in Kisumu West, Kenya

Opening the black pot: A service design-driven approach to understanding the use of cleaner cookstoves in peri-urban Kenya

A service design-driven approach to understanding the use of cleaner cookstoves in peri-urban Kenya

Managing fluorosis risk in Kenya: learning from community medicine in India

Tackling health issues due to fluorosis in Kenya through South-South cooperation.

Feature
Health
Water
1 July 2020
Kenya
India

The crucial link between air pollution and biodiversity loss

Kevin Hicks explains how ammonia impacts the environment.

The environmental policy project in Bosnia and Herzegovina goes virtual

Developing a COVID-19 strategy for the environmental policy project in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Old habits die hard: using the energy cultures framework to understand drivers of household-level energy transitions in urban Zambia

What’s health got to do with it? Influencing cookstove uptake in Cambodia through behaviour change communication

Participatory Theatre to engage with Mukuru residents about health issues

TUPUMUE

Ten things the Thai government must do to stifle smog

Indicators for national consumption-based accounting of chemicals

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The SEI Initiative on City Health and Well-being

SEI Executive Director calls for action on Asia Pacific environmental challenges

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Evaluation of simulated ozone effects in forest ecosystems against biomass damage estimates from fumigation experiments

Journal articles
Air
Land
21 November 2018
Europe

When will we breathe easy?

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

Press release
Health
Climate
Water
12 November 2018

Environmental impacts from Swedish consumption: new indicators for follow-up

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

Solving the air pollution crisis in Asia

Feature
Air
Health
Climate
30 October 2018
Asia

Air pollution in Asia and the Pacific: science-based solutions

Estimates of the global burden of ambient PM2.5, ozone, and NO2 on asthma incidence and emergency room visits

Journal articles
Air
24 October 2018
Asia
China
India

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