The objective of this article is to assess the status of the legal framework for air quality control in all countries of Latin America and Caribbean (LAC); to determine the current distribution of air monitoring stations and mean levels of air pollutants in all capital and large cities (more than 100 000 inhabitants); and to discuss the implications for climate change and public policymaking....

The policy brief outlines the latest science on black carbon, examples of cost effective solutions, and recommendations for policymakers, funders and governments....

The report investigates the impact of shifting to clean cookstoves and dynamics with gender and livelihoods in Odisha state in Eastern India. Chapter 4 highlights the time-saving aspects of switching to cleaner cookstoves relative to the traditional cooking technologies that require the collection of (biomass) fuels and a longer time for cooking. The latter also impacts indoor air pollution and he...

The paper proposes a ranking of the countries where forest carbon sequestration is the most cost-efficient among 166 countries for which data are available. Taking into account the main cost factors leads to a more nuanced ranking of the countries to be favoured for cost-efficient forest carbon sequestration compared to the assumption that these would always be in tropical areas with high rainfall...

i‐Tree is a suite of free software tools for estimating and quantifying the benefits trees provide to our communities. These benefits are typically expressed in dollars and amounts of carbon dioxide and air pollution removal (ozone, sulfur dioxide, etc.), as well as stormwater reduction. Raising awareness of these tree benefits increases the desire to nurture and protect trees...

The report discusses the concept of Visibility influenced by the interactions of light and particles in the atmosphere. It elaborates on the transport and transformation of atmospheric particulates and gases affecting visibility. The report also includes measurements, identification of sources, human perception of visual air quality, and trends....

This Volume 2 report is part of a six-volume report of UN FAO on Recarbonizing global soils - A technical manual of recommended management practices. Volume 2 includes a description of major areas for consideration for the maintenance or improvement of SOC stocks. This manual defines hot spots of SOC as areas that represent a proportionally little of the global land surface but on which SOC storag...

The Natural Capital Handbook harmonises resources, frameworks, and indicators to help Australian businesses across all sectors measure, track and manage their natural capital assets to make informed decisions on nature-related risks and invest in nature-positive opportunities to help reverse ongoing environmental declines....

The ICP Forests Task Force (International Co-Operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests) is a working group under the UNECE/CLRTAP. Its monitoring manual documents the harmonized methods for sampling and analysis as adopted by the participating countries of ICP Forests....