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‘Wasteaware’ Benchmark Indicators for Integrated Sustainable Waste Management in Cities

… a city’s performance, comparing cities and monitoring developments over time. It builds on … a middle income city is close to 100%, the quality of the collection service may not yet … towards municipality benchmarking. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 4(4-5), 397-409. …
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End open burning: An awareness-raising framework and guide for local government authorities

… action to eliminate open waste burning 28 8 Monitoring and evaluation 29 9 References 26 10 … poor health, the increasing reports on poor air quality, and the increasing incidence of open …
Guidelines, Tools & Models
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Kathmandu Declaration on Transformative Action to End Open Burning of Waste in South Asia

… Strategies (IGES) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) held a high-level regional … of open waste burning—a major contributor to air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and … as SAARC, SACEP and the Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership, as well as through city …
Action Plans, Standards, Legislation and Agreements
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Sustainable Solid Waste Management Strategy and Action Plan for Vientiane 2021-2030

… 37 2. Monitoring and Evaluation … cities, including special attention given to air quality and municipal and other waste … value of any material by improving the quality of the byproduct or final products of …
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Mapping of Open Burning of MSW in Pakistan & Identification of Underlying Factors & Key Drivers (Workshop Proceedings)

… nearby and downwind communities to hazardous air quality conditions. Remote Sensing and Satellite-Based Monitoring Satellite-based monitoring has …
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Open waste burning – sectoral solutions for air pollution and health

… Open waste burning – sectoral solutions for air pollution and health Reducing open waste … burning is essential for achieving clean air, clean energy access, climate change … from such burning include a variety of air pollutants, some of which have particularly …
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Africa Waste Management Outlook (Summary for Decision-makers)

… • Open burning of waste causes significant air pollution which impacts on human health. • … that attract investment More, better quality evidence to inform decision- making and … scale for investment. Strengthened policies, monitoring and enforcement capacities …
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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, … by: Dr Alice Kaudia, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC); Dr Mansoor Ali, Founder …
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Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 (Full report)

… and acronyms CCAC Climate and Clean Air Coalition CE Circular economy CH4 Methane … particularly for women and children. Goal 4. Quality education: Waste management courses in … another is the lack of well-developed monitoring systems in many countries, which …
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Unlocking the significant worldwide potential of better waste and resource management for climate mitigation: with particular focus on the Global South

… homes by 2030. The first UNEP (2021b) report monitoring progress using the global food waste … basic services for all; SDG 10 – reduce ine- quality). The local benefits often focus on … for future reductions of global GHG and air pollutants from circular waste management …
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