Air pollution

Learn about this 3-step approach used to engage local communities in monitoring air pollution levels, providing new insights into human health and how to mitigate and avoid pollutants using a citizen science approach.

The SDC supports partners around the world in tackling climate change and in improving air quality while reducing poverty, improving health and protecting the environment.

Explore the evidence and scientific findings for the Air Quality Management Plan of the city of Cúcuta, Colombia.

Chinese and Swiss research institutes are partnering in an SDC-funded project on air pollutant source apportionment to improve air quality in 6 Chinese cities.

This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region.

This webinar introduces the Urban Health Initiative, which aims to reduce deaths and diseases associated with short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and other air pollutants at the city level.

This brief looks at the complex interaction between climate change and human health. It discusses policy responses in a development context and identifies relevant environmental determinants.

After the earthquake of 2015 ninety-five percent of brick kilns, a major source of air pollution, in Kathmandu needed repair. This article describes how these kilns were 'built back better'.

This paper presents two case studies from cities that have taken action on air quality to improve public health and have realized the benefits of reduced emissions.

This study analysed biomass cookstove business models from Asia and Africa to better understand how to build business cases to reach scale.