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Policy Report

Hidden assets: The economic and health case for climate and clean air action

Author:
Cameron Andrews
Chiara Ballam
Nathan Borgford-Parnell
Suruchi Bhadwal
Enkhuun Byambadorj
Christopher Cambridge
Simon Dietz
David Eaton
Greg Faluvegi
Oliver Fricko
Sarath Guttikunda
Elliott Harris
Tatsuya Hanaoka
Charles G. Heaps
Kevin Hicks
Lena Höglund-Isaksson
Michael Holland
Omokayode Ipaye
Katrin Kaltenegger
Gregor Kiesewetter
Younha Kim
Zbigniew Klimont
Volker Krey
Lovisa Kuehnle-Nelson
Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna
Florian Lindl
Li Liping
Christopher S. Malley
Jordan McCrackin
James Ogunleye
Shonali Pachauri
Setu Pelz
Amanda Pfeil
Pallav Purohit
Adriana Gomez-Sanabria
Scarlett Quinn-Savory
James Rising
Yang Rupu
Robert Sander
Drew Shindell
Joseph V. Spadaro
Sydney Svagerko
Mette Taber
Ramón Carlos Torres Enríquez
Willem van Caspel
Shuxiao Wang
Fabian Wagner
Pu Wang
Wilfried Winiwarter
Yulia Yamineva
Jingyi Ye
Xiuming Zhang
Shaohui Zhang
This Assessment provides the most complete picture to date of the benefits and costs of integrated climate and clean air action, complemented by an empirically grounded analysis of how these benefits can be delivered quickly enough to avoid premature deaths and disease and improve the lives of many of the world’s most vulnerable people. The world...
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Keywords:
climate change
air pollution
Peer-reviewed Article

Reducing open waste burning practices in selected Asian countries: policy, regulatory, institutional capacity, and SWOT assessment

In Waste Management Bulletin
Author:
Bimastyaji Surya Ramadan
Yudha Gusti Wibowo
Annisa Sila Puspita
This study provides an indicative comparative assessment of the factors underlying these challenges by examining policy content, regulatory enforcement, and institutional capacity related to OWB across ten selected Asian countries: Cambodia, China, India, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. The researchers employed a...
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Peer-reviewed Article

Mining impacts on air and water quality in Tonk, Rajasthan: a google earth engine analysis

In Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Author:
Sanjay
Saxena
Saurabh
Kumar Gupta
Shruti
Kanga
Suraj
Kumar Singh
Gowhar
Meraj
Sudhanshu
Mining activities significantly alter environmental conditions by increasing atmospheric aerosol loads and degrading water quality. This study employs Google Earth Engine (GEE) to analyze spatiotemporal anomalies in Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), PM₂.₅ concentrations, chlorophyll-a levels, and turbidity in Tonk, Rajasthan, between 2016 and 2022. Data...
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Keywords:
REMOTE SENSING
Google Earth Engine
Aerosol Optical Depth
PM₂.₅
Chlorophyll anomaly
Turbidity
Mining pollution
Environmental monitoring
Rajasthan
Commissioned Report

Building climate-resilient communities in Bhutan by protecting cultural heritage and revitalizing indigenous local knowledge: Project interim report FY2025

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This research aims to contribute to the new scientific knowledge related to the adaptation and climate resilient development strategies. In particular, cultural heritage is a new element for the Global Goals on Adaptation (GGA) in the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, which was adopted in Dubai 2023. Creating new scientific knowledge on...
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Keywords:
Intangible Culture Heritage
Climate Resilience
Climate Change Adaptation
Presentation

Building climate-resilient communities in Bhutan by protecting cultural heritage and revitalizing indigenous local knowledge

Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region/ Second Online Meeting
Author:
Pema
Syldon
Sonam
Gyeltshen
Presentation at the year-end project meeting : Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region, coordinated by International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)
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Submission to Policy Process

Mitigating Open Waste Burning: Policy Insights and Priority Actions for Lao PDR

Author:
Bimastyaji
Surya Ramadan
Surya Ramadan
Atsanavong
This paper outlines a comprehensive strategy for Lao PDR to eliminate open waste burning (OWB), a prevalent disposal method caused by limited waste collection services. It emphasizes that OWB is a major source of toxic air pollutants like PM2.5 and black carbon, which severely threaten public health and exacerbate climate change. Rather than...
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Keywords:
Open burning
Solid waste management
air pollution
Integrated Policymaking
Peer-reviewed Article

Harnessing agrivoltaics for healthy net-zero transition in Nagpur, India: geospatial suitability and co-benefits assessment

In Sustainability Science
Author:
Shreya
Joshi
Sameer M.
Deshkar
Mohamed Saad
Suliman
Mehran
Moradi
Alphonce
Mulumba
Hooman
Farzaneh
Many parts of India will require data-driven analysis of the climate, air quality, health, and employment co-benefits of key sectoral interventions as they decarbonize. This research offers such an analysis for agrivoltaics—an intervention that co-locates agriculture with solar energy production on the same parcel of land—in India’s Nagpur...
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Peer-reviewed Article

The imperative for a new integrated sustainability index in aquatic food systems: towards a post-SDGs future

In Sustainability Science
Author:
Rodolfo
Dam Lam
Shin-ichi
Ito
Fenjie
Chen
Rumana
Akter
Michio
Kondoh
Cristiano
Rossignoli
Aquatic food systems are essential to global food security and biodiversity but remain underserved by existing sustainability indexes, especially amid rising uncertainties and accelerating climate change. Current frameworks are fragmented, environmentally weighted, and insufficiently inclusive of social, economic, and governance dimensions. As we...
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Keywords:
Aquatic food systems
Sustainability index
post-SDGs
Transdisciplinary approach
Knowledge platform
AquaIndex
Peer-reviewed Article

When waters turn against communities: Unraveling water governance, security, and household well-being in hazard-prone coastal Bangladesh

In Progress in Disaster Science
Author:
Md. Nasif
Ahsan
Jannatul
Naim
Najmus
Sakib
Naoyuki
Okano
Md. Sarwar
Hossain
Animesh
K. Gain
Md Nurul
Amin
Md Khairul
Islam
Miho
Ohara
Water insecurity, intensified by climate change, environmental degradation, and unsustainable resource management, poses a significant threat to human well-being in coastal regions. This study examines the interrelationships among water governance, household well-being, and water security in southwestern Bangladesh. Using a multistage sampling...
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Keywords:
Water governance
Security
Households
Water-related well-being
Coastal Bangladesh
Presentation

Clean Air, Shared Future

Clean Air Week 2025
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Air pollution is Southeast Asia’s leading environmental health risk and a key driver of climate change through short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as black carbon and methane. The Southeast Asia Climate & Clean Air Initiative (SEACAI), co-financed by Germany and Switzerland, demonstrates how coordinated donor action can deliver tangible...
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Keywords:
Co-benefits
Air quality
climate change
barrier
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