Sentences with phrase «on household air pollution»

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Xiao also surveyed members of 23 households on energy use and awareness of indoor air pollution.

This organization has an extensive database on recycling options and shares many tips for conserving energy, preventing air pollution, and dealing with household hazardous waste.

The model, which captures fuel use in the power, transport, and other energy sectors out to 2030, with fuel responsiveness parameterized to empirical literature, estimates the impacts of mitigation policies on CO2 emissions, revenue, premature deaths from local air pollution, household and industry groups.

Women in households without access to modern energy dedicate on average 1.4 hours a day collecting wood and women also spend several hours each day cooking using traditional stoves, and are thereby the most impact by household air pollution.

More urban air pollution means more people will get sick and die from lung diseases, asthma and so on, and these victims are more likely to be people from low - income households.

These equity concerns include: the regressive impact of potential energy price increases on low - income households; the potential for carbon pricing policies to allow some fossil fuel - fired power plants or refineries to continue to operate and emit air and water pollutants in neighborhoods already burdened by pollution; and the economic hardship to workers and communities dependent on fossil fuel industries for livelihoods or for their tax base as we transition away from these resources.

Air pollution was extremely poor due to all the inefficient motor boats and motorcycles and rivers tainted with pesticides used on rice patties, household waste, and factory pollution.

As the custodial agency for Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 3.9.1 (mortality rate from the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution) and 7.1.2 (population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies), WHO uses the Household energy database to derive estimates for tracking progress towards achieving universal clean energy access and related health impacts.