Global Clean Air Blog

Global Clean Air Profile: Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo, Director of the Environmental Directorate at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Sergio Sanchez / Oct 05, 2021

Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo is the Director of the Environmental Directorate at the OECD, where he studies the intersection of land use change, housing and urban planning. Lacy and his colleagues ...

by Sergio Sanchez

• October 5, 2021 • Health

Capturing the health benefits of climate policy is critical
Julia Gohlke / Oct 04, 2021

Over the past 30 years, numerous scientific reports have highlighted the health impacts of climate change, starting with the first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report in 1990. The report ...

by jgohlke

• October 4, 2021October 12, 2021 • Climate, Health

EDF unveils Spanish version of its flagship How-to Guide for mapping hyperlocal air pollution
Sergio Sanchez / Sep 07, 2021

By publishing a guide on hyperlocal air quality monitoring in Spanish, EDF is helping pioneer worldwide solutions that will promote air quality innovation in regions that are key to tackling ...

by Sergio Sanchez

• September 7, 2021 • Mexico

Discover what’s causing air pollution in London with this interactive map
Elizabeth Fonseca / Sep 07, 2021

Ever wonder where air pollution in your neighbourhood is coming from? We’ve been working on a new Greater London map that displays detailed information on the sources of health-harming air pollution. Search ...

by Elizabeth Fonseca

• September 7, 2021September 9, 2021 • Government Official/Policymaker, London, UK

The World Bank’s Ernesto Sánchez-Triana on the fight for clean air
Sergio Sanchez / Sep 03, 2021

Ernesto Sánchez-Triana is the Global Lead for Pollution Management and Circular Economy for the World Bank, where he manages the Program on Pollution Management and Environmental Health and the Program ...

by Sergio Sanchez

• September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 • Health, Homepage

Tackling air pollution and climate justice together
Ananya Roy / Aug 24, 2021

By Elizabeth Moses and Ananya Roy We are seeing the beginnings of the impact of unchecked emissions globally. Extreme rainfall and flooding in India, China and Germany have destroyed infrastructure ...

by Ananya Roy

• August 24, 2021September 3, 2021 • Climate, Health, Homepage

How integrated transport solutions can maximize health and climate benefits
Sergio Sanchez / Aug 18, 2021

We are facing an epic twin challenge: climate change and the air pollution crisis. One way we can confront this challenge is by approaching transport solutions with both a climate ...

by Sergio Sanchez

• August 18, 2021September 3, 2021 • Climate, Government Official/Policymaker, Health, Homepage

Meet Xingyu Qi
Aug 04, 2021

Xingyu Qi graduated from the Environmental Engineering Department of Tsinghua University. His studies focus on environmental ecology and environmental management information systems, including information system design, big-data analysis, data processing ...

by EDF Web Team

• August 4, 2021September 3, 2021 • Health

New analysis reveals true ‘reach’ of London’s Clean Air Zone
Oliver Lord / Aug 04, 2021

By: Oliver Lord, Head of Policy and Campaigns, and Greg Slater, Senior Data Analyst By incentivising cleaner vehicles, Clean Air Zones are a critical tool for improving air quality and ...

by Oliver Lord

• August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 • Government Official/Policymaker, London

The whole country is breathing wildfire smoke
Tammy Thompson / Jul 27, 2021

This blog was originally posted on EDF Voices. Residents of New York City and other East Coast metro areas are grappling with some of the poorest air quality in those ...

by Tammy Thompson

• July 27, 2021September 3, 2021 • Health