Carbon footprint analysis of fossil power plants in Bangladesh: measuring the impact of \({CO}_{2}\) and greenhouse gas emissions
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Towards Integrated Action on Climate and Air Quality in Cities
Cities around the world are plagued by air pollution and are increasingly affected by climate-related disasters. To date, air pollution and the climate crisis have been treated as independent challenges and have been addressed by distinct policy instruments. This has led to data gaps, administrative inefficiencies, misalignment of program implementation and missed policy opportunities.
The co-benefits between climate change mitigation and air quality management have long been recognized, but only in recent years has the need to address both synergistically been strongly encouraged (e.g., by the IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report, Climate Change 2023 and within the WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines) and several initiatives in this direction are increasingly leading funding and implementation of integrated planning (e.g., the UNEP Climate and Clean Air Coalition). At the same time, some cities are developing plans in which climate strategies are aligned with actions to reduce air pollution and are taking on the role of living laboratories to test new development models to become inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, as emphasized by UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 11.
This Topical Collection encourages the submission of manuscripts focusing on the action of cities in climate planning (mitigation and adaptation) and air quality planning, with a focus on their synergies, planned pathways, innovative solutions (including nature-based) and new development models also based on participatory planning. Studies presenting research on various aspects related to the vision, conception, design, implementation and monitoring of Climate and Air Quality Plans (CAQP) for cities will be particularly appreciated, with a focus on the following topics.
● Integrated planning practices
● Decision support tools
● Synergetic strategies for climate change mitigation/adaptation and air quality
● Best practices to achieve multiple benefits
● Mainstreaming air quality and climate strategies in local plans
● Nature based solutions -NbSs for local climate and air quality
● Emissions inventories, projections, and monitoring
● Cost-benefit analysis, and data-driven policy recommendations
● Participatory planning
● Measures addressing vulnerable groups
● Equity indicators and assessments
Editors
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Monica Salvia
Dr. Monica Salvia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale, Italy Monica Salvia has a strong background in energy systems analysis and model development and a solid experience in supporting local authorities on sustainable strategies for resource efficiency, climate change mitigation, and smart cities. Monica has proven experience in the management of S&T projects. She is a co-coordinator of the Euro-LCP Initiative and contributes to the JP Smart Cities and JPI Urban Europe projects. Her scientific activities have resulted in numerous articles appearing in international journals and conferences
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Filomena Pietrapertosa
Dr. Filomena Pietrapertosa, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale, Italy. She is a senior researcher at the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). She has more than 20 years’ of experience in energy systems analysis and a consolidated experience in EU research projects. Her current interests cover low-carbon energy transition and climate change adaptation. In 2021, Filomena co-founded the Euro-LCP Initiative dedicated to studying and analyzing the status, quality, and progress of local climate plans and disseminating the results.
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Zoe Chafe
Dr. Zoe Chafe, C40 Cities, USA Zoë Chafe is the Technical Lead for Air Quality at C40 Cities, spearheading the integration of air quality and climate action planning for C40’s 97 member cities. She previously served as Chapter Scientist for the Human Health chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, and as a lead author of the Global Energy Assessment. Zoë holds a PhD (Energy and Resources) and MPH (Master of Public Health) from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Stephen Peckham
Professor Stephen Peckham, University of Kent, UK. Stephen is a Professor of Health Policy with an interest in public health policy and policy implementation. He is the Director of a national NIHR funded policy research unit in health and social care systems and is the regional director of an applied research collaboration linking universities, health services, and local government. He is a core member and policy adviser on the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee Independent Expert Panel. He has been involved in issues related to local air quality measurement and the planning process.
