Pollution

Assessing inequalities in wellbeing at a neighbourhood scale in low-middle-income-country secondary cities and their implications for long-term livability

Journal article / To ensure future sustainability, cities need to consider concepts of livability and resident wellbeing alongside environmental and economic development equity.

8 November 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

Smokestacks from factory in distance under cloudy skies at dusk, Iquitos, Peru

COP26: Pre-launch of new guide to unlock business action on air pollution

Press release / SEI, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and IKEA are partnering to develop a practical guide for businesses on how to measure and reduce their air pollution.

3 November 2021 / About Business, Cities, Food and agriculture, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

“The Global Methane Pledge is a good start”

Media advisory / SEI's Johan Kuylenstierna comments on the Global Methane Pledge in which world leaders have signed up to cutting global methane emissions by 30% by 2030.

2 November 2021 / About Climate policy, Climate services, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Vapour rises from cooling towers in distance on hazy day with grass in front, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Chris Malley speaks to BBC Radio York from COP26

Media coverage / Chris Malley speaks to BBC Radio York from COP26 on the challenges and opportunities that the climate talks bring.

1 November 2021 / About Cities, Climate policy, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Passengers riding half-empty bus in daytime with dark blue seats, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

To bus or not to bus: unpacking the nexus between public health, disaster risk reduction and urban planning

Perspective / On the occasion of World Cities Day, SEI Research Associate Minh Tran reflects on urban planning from a health emergency and risk reduction perspective.

31 October 2021 / About Cities, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Pollution and Transport

Schoolchildren in Lusaka, Zambia looking at a map of transport hotspots

Participative solutions in urban transport planning

Past event / In this INTALInC webinar, experts explore promising approaches aimed at overcoming exclusion in East African urban transport planning.

28 October 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Innovation, Participation, Pollution, Public policy, Transport and Wellbeing

View over Medellín, Colombia, located in a valley between mountains, smog over downtown area

The good news on NDCs is how they address health

Perspective / Integrating health in nationally determined contributions (NDCs) can motivate ambitious climate actions.

28 October 2021 / About Mitigation, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Circular saw cutting through steel pipe, Hyderabad, Pakistan, 2018

Decade delay in investing in emission-reducing technology in steel industry could double sector’s contribution to global carbon output

Press release / The steel industry risks doubling its share of the global carbon budget, a new study by SEI and the University of Sussex Business School suggests.

20 October 2021 / About Finance, Innovation and Pollution

View of the High Coast Bridge from below, with trees in the foreground, a lake, and blue sky on the horizon.

The fight against the “forgotten” greenhouse gas can save the climate

Media coverage / SEI's Johan Kuylenstierna tells Aftonbladet that we need to tackle methane emissions alongside carbon dioxide in the fight against climate change.

18 October 2021 / About Climate policy, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy and Short lived climate pollutants