Report
Air Pollution Interventions: Seeking The Intersection Between Climate & Health
“Air Pollution Interventions: Seeking the Intersection Between Climate and Health” is a new report from Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP), AirQualityAsia and The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College. Researchers evaluate 22 practical interventions undertaken to reduce air pollution. While some efforts — namely those that replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources — improve both local health and favorably impact climate change, other, often politically popular programs are of limited value on either front. The report uncovers the overlaps where air pollution intervention will BOTH improve health and also impact climate change.
t from Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP), AirQualityAsia and The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College.
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Coal-fired Power Plants and Large Industry
Intervention 1: Coal Fired Power Plants Replaced by Cleaner Power
Intervention 2: Coal-fired Power Plants and Large Industry Moved Outside City
Intervention 3: Mandating Clean Fuel, Efficiency & Emissions Standards— Large Industry
Vehicle Control, Fuel Types and Standards
Intervention 1: Reducing Sulfur in Diesel Fuel
Intervention 2: Reducing Emissions from Diesel Vehicles
Intervention 3: Stricter Emissions Standards: Euro 3, then Euro 3 to 4, etc.
Intervention 4: Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance
Intervention 5: Upgrading Two- and Three-wheel Motorcycles
Industry Sector Upgrade
Intervention 1: Upgrading Brick Kilns
Domestic Cooking and Heating
Intervention 1: Cleaner Biomass or Coal Cookstoves
Intervention 2: Better Domestic Fuel and Heating
Agriculture
Intervention 1: Addressing Seasonal Crop Burning
Intervention 2: Forest Fires and Land Clearance
Dust Control
Intervention 1: Dust Control in Urban Areas
Shipping
Intervention 1: Emissions Reductions from Ships
Waste Burning
Intervention 1: Ban Domestic and Commercial Waste Burning
Intervention Benefits
Data Visualization 1: Health Benefits, Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Equivalents
Assessment Of Interventions Impacting Cities
