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Erratum to "The launch of the first-ever Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa"
Erratum to "The launch of the first-ever Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa" published in Clean Air Journal, 32(2), 2022, https://doi.org/10.17159/caj/2022/32/2.15320
The original article can be found here: https://cleanairjournal.org.za/article/view/1532
Erratum to "The launch of the first-ever Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa"
Erratum to "The launch of the first-ever Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa" published in Clean Air Journal, 32(2), 2022, https://doi.org/10.17159/caj/2022/32/2.15320
The original article can be found here: https://cleanairjournal.org.za/article/view/1532
The launch of the first-ever Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa
November 2022 saw the release of the “Integrated Assessment of Air
Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa
- the Summary for Decision Makers Report” (UNEP, 2022), by the
African Union Commission (AUC), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition
(CCAC), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) at Climate
COP27 (Figure 1). Developed by African scientists and supported by
the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the report unpacks how
short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), greenhouse gases and other
polluting emissions play a role in sustainable development in Africa.
It also considers strategies, policies, and measures to mitigate these
pollutants, while supporting development and human health and
wellbeing in Africa on a warming planet. This is the first time that
such detailed and harmonized Pan-African assessment on air quality
and climate change has happened. Not only will the results of the
Assessment provide a critical evidence base for decision-makers
across the continent, but the underlying emissions data and tools
will be open access to support further studies, and policy measures.
In 2022 at the Eighteenth Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial
Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-18), African Ministers stated
their support of the Assessment and of measures to mitigate SLCPs
and ‘’urge African countries to support further development and
implementation of the 37 recommended measures as a continentwide
Africa Clean Air Program, coordinated by strong country-led
initiatives, cascaded to the Regional Economic Communities and
higher levels of policy” (UNEP and AMCEN, 2022).http://www.cleanairjournal.org.zaam2023Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorolog