Background: Approximately 2.8 billion people cook with solid fuels. Research has focused on the health impacts of indoor exposure to fine particulate pollution. Here, for the 2010 Global Burden of Disease project (GBD 2010), authors evaluated the impact of household cooking with solid fuels on regional population-weighted ambient PM2.5 (particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm) pollution (APM2.5).Objectives: A...

This factsheet provides an overview of Clean Cooking Alliance's strategies for mitigating climate change and protecting the environment through the scale-up of cleaner, more modern stoves and fuels....

Despite the ongoing impact of the energy crisis and Covid-19 pandemic, progress on access to electricity started again in 2023.The number of people worldwide lacking access to electricity in 2023 declined to 750 million people, about 10 million less than in 2022, which was the first year in decades showing a global reversal in progress. The 2023 progress was mainly driven by renewed grid expansion...

Key factsDioxins are a group of chemically related compounds that are persistent environmental pollutants (POPs).Dioxins are found throughout the world in the environment and they accumulate in the food chain, mainly in the fatty tissue of animals.More than 90% of human exposure is through food, mainly meat and dairy products, fish and shellfish. Many national authorities have programmes in place ...

Large quantities of mismanaged plastic waste threaten the health and wellbeing of billions worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where waste management capacity is being outstripped by increasing levels of consumption and plastic waste generation. One of the main self-management strategies adopted by 2 billion people who have no waste collection service, is to burn their disc...

Urbanization, industrialization, and increasing fossil fuel consumption are generally identified as the main contributors to poor air quality. Smog is a form of visible air pollution processes that can cause diverse health problems (e.g., pulmonary, respiratory, and skin diseases). In Lahore, the second-largest city of Pakistan, smog pollution has been a significant socioeconomic issue since 2013 ...

The rapidly rising generation of municipal solid waste jeopardizes the environment and contributes to climate heating. Based on the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, we here develop a global systematic approach for evaluating the potentials to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants from the implementation of circular municipal waste management systems. We contrast two sets of global ...

This report offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about Nairobi’s air pollution landscape through a systematic review of existing monitoring studies and scientific literature. It aims to provide researchers and policymakers with up-to-date information on pollution sources and impacts and to identify the data and capacity gaps that need to be addressed in order to develop comprehensive a...

The purpose of this primer is to guide municipal government decision-makers in their efforts to access financing for capital-intensive, revenue-generating, climate-sensitive projects.As more power over municipal solid waste management is devolved from national to sub-national authorities, cities are enjoying increasing autonomy in selecting the most appropriate mechanism for addressing their sanit...

To help realize LOW-M’s ambition, jurisdictions need easy access to information on available funding and financing tools that support adequate solid waste management (SWM) systems with methane mitigation.With strategic planning and targeted investment, waste systems can develop utility-like business models that deliver environmental, economic and social benefits – including the creation of green j...