Air pollution is bad for your health—most people know that. But did you know it's also responsible for lower crop yields, reduced solar energy generation and changes in rainfall?
Air Quality
Ramping Up Governance of the Global Environmental Commons: What Do Theory and History Tell Us?
This paper discusses how governance of the global environmental commons requires collective action to generate public goods. Public goods theorists vary in their views about what it takes and how likely it is to achieve such collective action to produce these goods. The history of efforts to...
More than 7 million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution. Curbing short-lived climate pollutants like methane and black carbon can help while also reining in global warming.
Fighting for Clean Air Around the Globe: Air Quality Workshop Outcome Document
From April 11–13, 2018, WRI’s Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, OpenAQ, and WRI’s Governance Center, in its role as secretariat of The Access Initiative, hosted a workshop on air quality with 15 civil society experts from...
Short-lived climate pollutants like hydrofluorocarbons, black carbon and methane aren't as well-known as carbon dioxide. But they have a powerful impact on the climate and on human health, and more countries need to develop plans to cut their emissions.
A Global Database of Power Plants
The Global Power Plant Database is a comprehensive, open source database of power plants around the world. It centralizes power plant data to make it easier to navigate, compare and draw insights for one’s own analysis. The database covers approximately 30,000 power plants from 164 countries and...
Greening Governance Seminar Series: Fighting for Blue Skies - Insights from Air Pollution Activists
April 12, 2018
Toxic air pollution. Plastic-filled oceans. Sucking carbon from the skies. These are just a few of the stories that will shape 2018's legacy.
Greening Governance Seminar Series: Coming Clean: Improving Transparency and Accountability to End Pollution’s Chokehold on Development
November 15, 2017
Besides the cost to human health, the pollution's environmental impacts make China's fourth-largest city less attractive to corporate investment.