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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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Feature / Developing a COVID-19 strategy for the environmental policy project in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Perspective / Our response to the Covid-19 pandemic will determine whether we will meet humanity's next major climate change and sustainable development challenges.
Feature / An expert group, including SEI, issued a call for scientists and policymakers to develop a Covid-19 recovery plan linking health, climate and the environment.
Feature / During the years 2015-2019, SEI invested in research, tool development and capacity enhancement as part of the initiative on Low Emissions Development Pathways.
Feature / Countries can now model energy storage and assess the health impacts of indoor air pollution for different groups including women and children.
Journal article / This paper recommends improvements to the WHO's 2018 global ambient air quality database to enable better city comparisons.
Feature / SEI researchers discuss the health impacts of air pollution, and the related health questions and policy lessons emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Perspective / A narrow focus on removal-based offsets -- such as those for forestry projects -- can be counterproductive to meeting climate goals.
Feature / Highlighting how pollution, in its various forms, disproportionately affects women and why policies to address pollution must consider gender.
