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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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SEI brief / This initiative investigates how rapidly growing cities affect residents' wellbeing and how this interacts with the overall health of city systems.
Feature / At the Asia Committee on Environment and Development, Måns Nilsson called for heightened action to meet the region's environmental challenges.
Media coverage / TRT World featured SEI Policy Director Johan Kuylenstierna and air pollution experts in their programme Roundtable: When will we breathe easy?
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.
Other publication / This report summarises the findings of the PRINCE, a project to develop state-of-the-art indicators of the environmental impacts of Swedish consumption.
Other publication / The first comprehensive scientific assessment of the air pollution outlook in Asia and the Pacific details 25 measures to tackle the issue.
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.
Journal article / This study estimates the number of annual asthma emergency room visits attributable to ozone and PM2.5.
Feature / The first study to quantify the global burden of asthma linked to air pollution finds that it triggers up to 33 million annual emergency room visits.
