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Electric mobility in Kigali: Building a city-wide clean transport network

Egide Kalisa, Andrew Sudmant

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Large boulevards and Euclidian zoning patterns characterize the development in in Kigali. Photo credit: Zdegiulio via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using satellite data and social media to strengthen air pollution accountability worldwide

A. Patrick Behrer, Michael Greenstone, Rajat Kochhar, Olga Rostapshova, Ruozi Song, Yixin Sun, Shaoda Wang

Policy brief

Using satellite data and social media
Data and AI
What AI reveals about the state of environmental justice in India

A. Patrick Behrer, Daniel Chen, Shareen Joshi, Olexiy Kyrychenko, Viknesh Nagarathinam, Peter Neis, Shashank Singh

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Combatting air pollution in Dhaka (audio)

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Increasing air purifier adoption could help severe air pollution illustrated by rubbish burning beside the main road in the Dhaka University area in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a rickshaw cycles past with passengers wearing face masks.
Why don’t households in Bangladesh adopt indoor air purifiers?

Martin Mattsson, Teevrat Garg, Maulik Jagnani, Ashfaqul Chowdhury

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Increasing air purifier adoption could help severe air pollution illustrated by rubbish burning beside the main road in the Dhaka University area in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a rickshaw cycles past with passengers wearing face masks.
Reducing air and plastic pollution: Towards green cities in Bangladesh

Fahmida Khatun, Syed Yusuf Saadat, Afrin Mahbub, Marium Islam

Project report

Thumbnail image of Khatun et al Final Report September 2023
Breathing easier: Making clean air affordable for everyone ↗

IGC Bangladesh’s Ashfaqul Chowdhury co-authors this article on making clean air affordable for everyone by cutting import duties on air purifiers.

The Business Standard (Bangladesh)

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Why does South Asia have the world’s worst air pollution? ↗

The Government of Bangladesh announces its intention to use the IGC’s brick kiln tracker to identify harmful kilns and improve air quality enforcement.

Al Jazeera

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Can subsidising green agricultural technology reduce smog? An experimental study

Michael Greenstone, Kelsey Jack, Usman Naeem

Policy brief

Naeem et al Policy brief February 2023_Page_1
Exposure to air pollution for small firms in African cities

Vittorio Bassi, Matthew Kahn, Nancy Lozano Gracia, Tommaso Porzio, Jeanne Sorin

Policy brief

Bassi et al Policy brief December 2022
Climate priorities in developing countries
Climate Justice: Sharing the global climate responsibility

Ashfaqul Chowdhury

Blog

Can subsidising green agricultural technology reduce pollution?

Michael Greenstone, Kelsey Jack, Usman Naeem 28 Feb 2023

Project

Crop residue burning in Pakistan. Photo credit: Imran Shahid via imaggeo.egu.edu, CC BY 3.0.
Do subways improve urban air quality?

Matthew Turner, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Stefano Polloni, Nicolas Gendron-Carrier

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Schoolchildren cover their faces as they walk to school amid heavy smog in New Delhi on November 8, 2017. Photo credit: Sajjad Hussain / AFP via Getty Images.
Climate priorities in developing countries
Environmental judicial activism: Bridging gaps in Pakistan’s environmental protection strategy

Emun Hafeez, Nick Wilkinson

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How COVID-19 lockdowns and car-free days affected air pollution in Rwanda’s capital

Egide Kalisa, Andrew Sudmant, Jonathan Bower, Remy Ruberambuga

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The gateway to carbon pricing? Air pollution policy

Oliver Harman, Ondine Berland

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Photo credit: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier, CC BY-SA 2.0.
World Environment Day: Championing clean energy post COVID-19

Joevas Asare

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Surprisingly Jordan has a large number of windturbines located in the higher parts of the country. Photo credits: Nick Brundle Photography / Moment via Getty Images.
Climate change: won or lost in cities or by cities?

Oliver Harman

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Treedistribution: Combatting environmental inequality in cities

Oliver Harman

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