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This new assessment launched at COP27 from the African Union Commission, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the UN Environment Programme and developed by African scientists in a process led by SEI shows how African leaders can act quickly across five key areas – transport, residential, energy, agriculture and waste – to fight climate change, prevent air pollution, and protect human health.
Magdalena, a cook using biogas on a farm near Arusha, Tanzania. Photo: Russell Watkins / Department for International Development / Flickr
Air pollution and climate change are a deadly duo for Africa, and must be tackled together. Air pollutants and greenhouse gases often share the same sources and can be even more dangerous when combined.
Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and currently, an estimated 1 million people per year die prematurely from air pollution on the continent. But there is a way to improve the situation: preventing emissions from short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), like methane and black carbon, is crucial for the world to stay below 1.5°C. Reducing SLCPs will help both save lives and protect the environment.
Africa has a huge opportunity to continue developing sustainably, improve human well-being, and protect nature by investing in solutions to fight climate change and air pollution together.
Download the communications brochure here. The report is available in English, French and Arabic.
Robert Karisa Masumbuko
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Feature / A wide slate of new features makes LEAP easier to use and more comprehensive than ever for energy modelling, policymaking and research.
Perspective / This op-ed offers key insights into a new report featuring contributions from SEI York and SEI Africa, originally published in The Conversation.
Media coverage / SEI Africa contributes technical expertise to the deployment of air quality sensors around Nairobi, to monitor air pollution and green house gas emissions.
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