On May 13, 2020, GAHP’s Acting Executive Director Rachael Kupka attended the T20 Webinar “Coronavirus and Climate: Converging Global Crises” to share GAHP’s policy brief on pollution-related diseases and COVID-19. GAHP is a member of the T20 Task Force 2 on Climate Change and Environment. The event brought together researchers and experts from institutes, universities […]
GAHP has been busy behind-the-scenes working to bring more global attention to, and influence policy on, pollution. To that end, we have been forging crucial connections with think tanks, cities and other key G20 engagement groups to put the topic of pollution and health on an expanding array of global agendas. While the current COVID-19 […]
On February 6, USAID issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking opportunities to collaborate on pollution prevention and mitigation. This is the first time they have issued such a BAA regarding pollution. It represents a welcome change signaling the success of our combined efforts to bring pollution to the forefront of global issues that need […]
“The report reminds us all that pollution is a global crisis. It does not matter where you live. Pollution will find you.” — Rachael Kupka, Acting Executive Director, GAHP. GAHP released a new report, “Pollution and Health Metrics: Global, Regional and Country Analysis,” in December 2019 that renewed global interest in the pollution crisis by […]
In January, GAHP Acting Executive Director Rachael Kupka and GAHP board member Hossam Abou Zeid joined a global gathering of think tanks at Think20 or T20 in Saudi Arabia to help ensure recommendations provided to G20 members address pollution and health. The meeting opened with Sherpa H.E. Fahad Almubarak outlining objectives. Safeguarding the planet was […]
A new paper published in the Annals of Global Health from GAHP, in collaboration with researchers from Fordham University, documents the wide disparity in aid allocation for pollution reduction as compared to other threats to global health. Although modern pollution – pollution attributable to industrialization and urbanization – is responsible for nearly 6 million deaths […]
GAHP and Pure Earth are partnering with the Clean Air Fund to produce a report analyzing both the health and climate benefits of air pollution interventions underway across the globe. It will further understanding of the co-benefits, feasibility and costs of various interventions and policies, and is supported by the Clean Air Fund, a new […]
By Richard Fuller, President, Pure Earth, Secretariat for the GAHP. Mandatory reporting of carbon emissions is the law for many businesses in some 40 countries worldwide. But reporting of companies’ impact on pollution and health is unheard of, even though pollution has been confirmed as the largest environmental cause of premature death and disease in […]
In July 2019, UNICEF organized a meeting with GAHP Secretariat Pure Earth in Madagascar that brought together over 66 representatives from more than 34 agencies, organizations and businesses to discuss the country’s pollution challenges and solutions. The meeting attracted much national attention, including reports in CNBC Africa and L’Hebdo, highlighting the country’s commitment to fighting pollution. “The high […]
In addition to Madagascar, here is what is happening with HPAP in other countries: Colombia: HPAP has been completed, validated and adopted by the government as policy. Concept notes are being developed into proposals and presented to development partners. Read more. Thailand: HPAP validation meeting took place in early 2019. Financing secured for new program aimed at […]
