Africa qualité de l'Air
@afriqair.bsky.social
A hybrid air quality monitoring network in several African countries using both reference-grade and lower-cost monitors. Web: AfriqAir.org
The recent @cleanairfund.bsky.social report is cited:
"The need for targeted, equitable investment in clean air has never been more urgent. Yet outdoor air quality funding to the continent declined by 69% year-on-year, from $519 million to $161 million, between 2022 and 2023." #AfricaAQ
"The need for targeted, equitable investment in clean air has never been more urgent. Yet outdoor air quality funding to the continent declined by 69% year-on-year, from $519 million to $161 million, between 2022 and 2023." #AfricaAQ
Funding in Africa
Air pollution is the second biggest threat to health in Africa, yet the continent receives less than 1% of global outdoor air quality funding from governments and development finance institutions. In ...
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October 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The recent @cleanairfund.bsky.social report is cited:
"The need for targeted, equitable investment in clean air has never been more urgent. Yet outdoor air quality funding to the continent declined by 69% year-on-year, from $519 million to $161 million, between 2022 and 2023." #AfricaAQ
"The need for targeted, equitable investment in clean air has never been more urgent. Yet outdoor air quality funding to the continent declined by 69% year-on-year, from $519 million to $161 million, between 2022 and 2023." #AfricaAQ
Dion George: "four barriers to cleaner air...
1. limited institutional capacity
2. inadequate monitoring and data
3. weak cooperation across borders
4. shortage of finance relative to the scale of the problem."
We have been working on #2, but a lot more effort is needed.
#AfricaAQ #G20
1. limited institutional capacity
2. inadequate monitoring and data
3. weak cooperation across borders
4. shortage of finance relative to the scale of the problem."
We have been working on #2, but a lot more effort is needed.
#AfricaAQ #G20
October 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Vumile Senene, a senior official at Clean Air Fund, attributes the extraordinary decline primarily to a single major donor stepping away from air quality funding."
We are grateful to @cleanairfund.bsky.social for their support of Afri-SET (led by Prof Hughes) and Breathe Accra (led by Prof Amegah)
We are grateful to @cleanairfund.bsky.social for their support of Afri-SET (led by Prof Hughes) and Breathe Accra (led by Prof Amegah)
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"Vumile Senene, a senior official at Clean Air Fund, attributes the extraordinary decline primarily to a single major donor stepping away from air quality funding."
We are grateful to @cleanairfund.bsky.social for their support of Afri-SET (led by Prof Hughes) and Breathe Accra (led by Prof Amegah)
We are grateful to @cleanairfund.bsky.social for their support of Afri-SET (led by Prof Hughes) and Breathe Accra (led by Prof Amegah)