Empowering Households for Cleaner Air: Integrating Technology Adoption and Information Access to Improve Health and Climate Outcomes

Policy note Dec 2025 Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Growth

Cleaner air and healthier lives require an integrated strategy, combining affordable and accessible clean household energy transitions with widespread, reliable, and trusted air quality information systems. The burden is particularly severe in low- and middle-income countries, where household cooking practices and rapid urbanisation contribute to high levels of both indoor and outdoor pollution.

Two new studies provide fresh insights into how households can be better supported in managing this dual challenge.