Pollution

Sustainable building facade with a living wall and solar panels in the Barcelona city

Urban transformation to carbon-free with lush greenery and colored solar energy and storage technologies at the diverse climatic conditions of Europe

Other publication / This chapter presents a framework for carbon-free European cities using natural solutions tailored to diverse climates.

21 May 2024 / About Cities, Fossil fuels and Pollution

Large plume of smoke coming out of a pipe

Identifying globally relevant learnings from Africa’s challenges and solutions to climate change and air pollution-related health impacts: a data science scoping review protocol

Journal article / This review examines how data science interventions address climate change and air pollution-related health issues in Africa.

20 May 2024 / About Pollution

Close up of a woman's hand holding a pen, shading in a wireframe diagram. A wireframe is a 2D illustration of a web page's interface. Here, simple black-lined boxes are linked together with arrows.

SAMHE mini-workshop at the 2024 Software Sustainability Institute Collaborations Workshop

Past event / Sam Bland hosted this session on the SAMHE project and the opportunities and challenges of using web apps to engage young people in citizen science.

01 May 2024 / About Innovation, Participation and Pollution

Sustainability training workshop for the National Olympic Committee of Kenya

Past event / SEI Africa is working with the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC -K) to develop a Sustainability Policy and Sustainability Strategy for sports management

29 April 2024 / About Pollution, Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable lifestyles

High angle shot of a street on a rainy day. Two red trams are on the left-hand side of the image, and a line of cars, brake lights visible, queues at a red traffic light on the right. Drifting smoke partially obscures the bottom half of the image. Pedestrians move around the space, crossing the road through the smoke and getting onto one of the trams.

Improving consistency in estimating future health burdens from environmental risk factors: case study for ambient air pollution

Journal article / Researchers developed an enhanced methodology to estimate future health burdens from air pollution. The new estimates improved strikingly upon previous metrics.

24 April 2024 / About Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

SEI joins international seminar to celebrate 50th anniversary of Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI)

Past event / SEI's Diane Archer and Raja Asvanon will be speakers at this international seminar on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of CUSRI.

22 April 2024 / About Cities and Pollution

An abstract, colourful painting fills the frame, with strokes of red, yellow, purple, and brown. An eye has been painted in the middle. In the foreground, a Black hand holds a paintbrush loaded with paint.

Transdisciplinary research as a means of protecting human health, ecosystems and climate by engaging people to act on air pollution

Journal article / Using arts-based approaches, researchers worked with communities in Nairobi to empower people to take action on air pollution.

15 April 2024 / About Pollution

Two-storey buildings on one side of a two-lane road. Slightly blurred traffic rushes by away from the camera: a small white car and a blue tuk tuk.

Air pollutant emissions and sources in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: a provincial scale analysis for years 2013-2019

Journal article / Researchers from our York and Asia centres contributed to the first national and provincial air pollutant emissions inventory for Lao PDR.

8 April 2024 / About Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Empowering change: Thailand’s pioneering citizen-led legislation for cleaner air

SEI podcast / This episode sheds light on Thailand's groundbreaking legislation to empower citizens in the battle against air pollution.

26 March 2024 / Environment and policy in Asia / Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants