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IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Chapter 7: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)

… impact biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, air quality, water availability and quality, soil … Agriculture – Reduce CH4 and N2O emissions (Improve enteric fermentation, manure …
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Atlas on Waste Management and Climate Change Mitigation: Focus on Integrating Waste Initiatives into NDCs

… in line with public policies. It aims to improve access and quality of the service delivered, from … management: Ending open burning will improve air quality and reduce black carbon emis- …
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Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 (Full report)

… and acronyms CCAC Climate and Clean Air Coalition CE Circular economy CH4 Methane … fillers and stabilisers are used to improve the different properties of the plastic … particularly for women and children. Goal 4. Quality education: Waste management courses in …
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Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change (Summary for Policymakers)

… robotics, and artificial intelligence can improve energy management in all sectors, … that was not equipped with effective air pollution controls. Non-CO2 GHG emissions … co-benefits, including improvements in air quality and health.  The long-term economic …
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Global crop yield reductions due to surface ozone exposure: 2. Year 2030 potential crop production losses and economic damage under two scenarios of O3 pollution

… Surface ozone (O3) is the most damaging air pollutant to crops and ecosystems (Heagle, … inweaker, stunted plants, inferior crop quality, and decreased yields (Fiscus et al., … be a partic- ularly effective strategy to improve agricultural productionwithout the …
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Landscape of Climate Finance for Agrifood Systems 2025

… Standardize instruments to cut costs and improve scalability. • Expand supplier finance … systems by source, climate objective, and quality of data coverage in 2021/22 2.3 … water and biodiversity conservation, air quality, and local communities. Moreover, …
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Is Ex-situ Crop Residue Management a Scalable Solution to Stubble Burning?

… and Policy Design Subnational India Asia and the Pacific … on fire in the fields of Punjab, choking the air in the entire Indo-Gangetic plains … Sharma 2010). We carried out this study to improve the current understanding of the …
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European Urban Mobility: Policy Context

… negative external effects. Congestion, air and noise pollution, and road safety are … ensure accessibility, and create high quality and efficient transport systems while … provide very good examples on how to improve intermodal urban transport chains. 41 …
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Open burning of waste in Africa: Challenges and opportunities

… particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution in the air and this together with other air pollutants cause nearly 1.2 million … The particulate matter emitted in the air causes lung and heart disease, cancer, … technical and institutional support to improve their operation and working conditions, …
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Risk of acute respiratory infection from crop burning in India: estimating disease burden and economic welfare from satellite and national health survey data for 250 000 persons

… to clear fields is a major contributor to air pollution. When rice farmers in … Health Organization’s threshold for safe air. Results of this study suggest that living … Sectoral Mitigation National India Asia and the Pacific …
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