Pallavi Pant, PhD

🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
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Don’t miss this week’s online lectures at the 7th Joint Training Course on Atmospheric Composition hosted by @ecmwf.int, CAMS, @eumetsat.int and @esa.int (9–10 Oct 2025). Lectures are open to all and cover instruments & data, aerosol modelling & monitoring, ML applications and more.

Applications are open!
Join the African School on #AirQuality & Pollution Prevention, 23 Nov–3 Dec 2025 at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 🇬🇭

Gain skills in:
💡Advanced monitoring methods
📊 Evidence-based policy design
🌍 Pollution prevention

Deadline: Oct 19
🔗 bit.ly/AQSchool2025

Join us in a few hours!

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Clean Air Journal Vol. 35 No. 1 (2025) Now Available
This issue features research and insights on topics including the integration of air quality and climate change, vehicle emission standards in South Africa and Dar es Salaam.
https://cleanairjournal.org.za/issue/view/1280

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

#waste

A year of air quality data created by Poplar’s closely-knit community In Poplar, Tower Hamlets, a collective of more than 130 knitters has unveiled Knitting the Air – a striking 12-metre textile artwork that transforms local air quality data into over 2,000 hand-knitted...

A year of air pollution visualised through the medium of knitting, inspired by Breathe London

Piece by Paul Day with quote by my brilliant @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social colleague @andygrieveair.bsky.social

airqualitynews.com/headlines/a-...

The Health Impacts of Air Pollution in the Context of Changing Climate in Africa: A Narrative Review with Recommendations for Action | Annals of Global Health

#AirPollution and climate change are jointly a growing threat to health in Africa. A new study shows urgent need for stronger monitoring, #AirQuality standards & renewable energy adoption.

Read more 🔗 annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/10....

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London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.

184 years earlier than predicted, London has met the legal limits for toxic NO2 for the first time.

This historic milestone proves that bold action like expanding ULEZ works, protecting children’s health and giving millions cleaner air to breathe.

G20 environment talks elevate air pollution as a priority The G20’s environment and climate agenda addressed air pollution as a priority, signaling progress to drive smarter policy and finance.

It is the first time that #AirQuality is being discussed at G20 under the South African G20 Presidency!

Background: www.cleanairfund.org/news-item/g2... via @cleanairfund.bsky.social

#CleanAirForAll

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Smoke And Survival: Women Bear The Brunt Of Indoor Air Pollution In Kenya - Health Policy Watch Millions of Kenyans are still trapped in smoky kitchens where poverty and tradition keep families tied to firewood. But it comes at a cost: the hidden danger

🔥Indoor air pollution kills 23,000 Kenyans annually & millions worldwide. Women & children are the hardest hit, trapped in smoky kitchens where solid fuels dominate.

💡Solutions exist - but affordability & cultural barriers persist.

@cleancooking.bsky.social @afdbgroup.bsky.social

📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁

@africacleanair.bsky.social

We had a full house for last December's #Airpollution conference at the Royal Society of Chemistry, with great discussion and speakers including a session from Defra's Air Quality Expert Group.

Tickets and abstracts are now open for year's event on 15th December.

See you there.

🚍 Live at our webinar “Driving Change: How Mobility Choices Shape Our Air”

Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority sharing big strides: e-buses, Mass transit, rail projects & safer walking/cycling paths showing how cities can move toward sustainable mobility shaping cleaner, healthier cities.

🚨Happening Now!

“Driving Change: How Mobility Choices Shape Our Air” webinar is live!

Join the conversation here🔗 bit.ly/3Vos8PE

Are you a highly motivated early-career researcher from a developing country or a country in transition, and want to be a Chapter Scientist in the next IPCC report?

Then here is your chance. Deadline 18 October 2025.

www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Driving Change: How Mobility Choices Shape Our Air . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. 14:00-15:30 WAT | 15:00-16:30 SAST | 16:00-17:30 EAT This webinar is hosted by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and the Africa Clean Air Network (AfriCAN). The transportati...

Happening Today!

Our webinar “Driving Change: How Mobility Choices Shape Our Air” goes live in just a few hours.

📅 Friday, Sept 26, 2025
🕑 14:00–15:30 WAT (GMT+1)
Join the conversation here🔗 bit.ly/3Vos8PE

Health and air pollution Air pollution is a public health emergency. Improving air quality can improve the health of billions of people around the world.

Dirty air is a health crisis:
🧠 Linked to strokes, dementia & cancer
👶 8.1m premature deaths per year, including babies & children
🏥 More illness, hospital visits & pressure on health services

Clean air = healthier lives. Learn more ⬇️ #AirPollution
www.cleanairfund.org/theme/health/

HEI is excited to announce that mentor applications are now being accepted for our Summer 2026 Fellowship Program!

We invite members of the HEI community working at research institutions or organizations to apply. Applications are due by October 24.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/2v2f6j8m

The Young Champions of the Earth prize celebrates bold youth with big ideas to solve the planet’s toughest environmental issues.

Meet the 2025 #YoungChamps: three entrepreneurs turning waste into resources, tackling pollution, and reimagining how we use water. 🎉

www.unep.org/youngchampio...

Meet the Advisory Council.

Martha Mugarura | Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Uganda

With expertise in urban development, Martha supports AfriCAN's mission to embed clean air thinking in cities and planning policies across Africa.

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Science on the 7th: March 2025 YouTube video by HEI State of Global Air

Congratulations to @openaq.org for 10 years of impact!

Check out our #ScienceOnThe7th conversation with Openaq ED Chris Hagerbaumer where we discussed open data, air quality and more.

🔗: www.youtube.com/live/dUtuey-...

Join us on Friday to hear from a stellar panel on opportunities for improving #AirQuality through transportation interventions.

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Registration for experts interested in serving as Expert Reviewers and providing scientific comments on the First Order Draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is now open!

Register here: apps.ipcc.ch/comments/src...
⚠️ Registration closes 30 Nov2025

🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...

Graphic for the National Academies’ Ramanathan Climate Conversation 2025 titled 'Air Pollution in India.' The design features bold white text on a dark blue geometric background, with a photo showing a hazy, traffic-filled road in India.

Join us for the 4th annual Ramanathan Climate Conversation hosted by @climate.nationalacademies.org‬, and @scrippsocean.bsky.social‬

This year we’ll talk air pollution in India!

⏰: September 29, 2025

RSVP: www.nationalacademies.org/event/45367_...

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Meet the Ethiopian entrepreneur who is reinventing ammonia production After growing up without reliable power at home, Iwnetim Abate is working to develop a steady supply of sustainable energy.

After growing up without reliable power at home, Iwnetim Abate, one of this year’s 35 Innovators Under 35, is working to develop a steady supply of sustainable energy.

📣 A new #AirQuality dataset for Ghana from @dwesty.bsky.social & colleagues