Quantifying the effects of exposure to air pollution in terms of public health has become a critical component in policy discussion. WHO/Europe's software tool AirQ+ performs calculations that allow quantification of the health effects of exposure to air pollution, including estimates of the reduction in life expectancy, for the most significant air pollutants. AirQ+ is available in English, Frenc...

This report is a section of the action plans for better knowledge: Action N°4 – Better Focus on the Protection and on the Improvement of Citizens’ Health. Current policy on air quality is mostly focused on avoidance of exceeding limit values. The aim of the current report is to propose a method to quantify the effects of air pollution on citizens’ health to facilitate a shift towards policy where ...

BreatheLife is a joint initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, and the World Bank. It aims to mobilize cities and individuals to protect our health and our planet from the effects of air pollution....

This guidance defines Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and sets out the stages involved. It updates guidance issued by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland in 2009. It draws on best practice in impact assessment from across the island of Ireland, the UK and internationally.There are new tools for each stage of the assessment process. It is a user-friendly and practical framework to guide policy...

The aim of this work is to evaluate priority mitigation measures in an integrated assessment of air pollutant, Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to identify their effectiveness in simultaneously reducing air pollution and Togo's contribution to climate change. The mitigation assessment quantifies emissions for Togo and Grand Lomé from all major source sectors ...

The post-2015 development agenda is dominated by a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that arose from the 2012 Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The 17 goals and 169 targets address diverse and intersecting aspects of human and environmental needs and challenges. Achieving the SDGs by 2030 requires implementing coordinated and concerted strategies and actions th...

Africa is highly vulnerable to climate change but emits a small portion of global greenhouse gases. Additionally, decarbonization might lead to a ‘climate penalty’ whereby reductions in cooling aerosols offset temperature benefits from CO2 reductions for several decades. However, climate change impacts conditions other than temperatures, including precipitation. Using the NASA Goddard Institute fo...

The Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter Ecological Criteria is a comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of the most policy relevant science aimed at characterizing the ecological effects caused by oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, and particulate matter. The ISA provides the scientific foundation necessary for the review of ecolog...

The report by the Programme Coordinating Centre of the International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests) details recent findings on the impact of air pollution on European forests. Despite significant changes since the 1980s, air pollution, particularly nitrogen deposition and tropospheric ozone, continues to affect forest ecosystems...

TEEMP is a suite of excel-based, free-of-charge, suite of spreadsheet models and methods that can be used to evaluate the greenhouse gas (GHG), air pollution, and other impacts of many types of transportation projects. The TEEMP tools were initially developed by the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) and Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) for evaluating the em...