COP26 Shorts: Air Quality

This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at air quality with Jessica Seddon. Other episodes focus on oceans, cities, business, the circular economy, food and land use, and an overall look ahead to COP26.

Jessica Seddon, Global Lead on Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

“The connection between climate mitigation and clean air is a very fundamental chemical one. The chemistry of the atmosphere affects human health, ecosystem health, agricultural productivity, the rate of heating. Everything we think about as a development goal as well as a climate goal is interconnected through a common dependence on the chemistry of the air.”

Useful Links:

• WRI COP26 Resource Hub
• WRI Air Quality Project
• WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
• WRI World Resources Report, “Towards A More Equal City”