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On #EarthDay, EPIC’s Clean Air Program is proud to announce two new grantees of the EPIC Air Quality Fund, the final cohort of 26 projects to enhance #AirQuality infrastructure across 16 countries. 🧵 1/8

The 2 EPIC Air Quality Awardees are the final cohort to receive awards during this round of funding, from Cameroon and Uganda. bit.ly/4jkUaWr 3/8

Congratulations to two new EPIC Air Quality Awardees, who are organizations from Cameroon and Uganda! Learn more about their projects: bit.ly/4jkUaWr AirQo Deo Okure Engineer Bainomugisha

EPIC Air Quality Awardee Spotlight: Uganda The award will support the strengthening of the existing air quality monitoring network in Uganda, & enable the development of a data-driven framework for local #AirQuality governance. aqfund.epic.uchicago.edu/entities/airqo…

We are please to announce that Mary Tran has joined the EPIC Air Quality Fund as its first Monitoring & Evaluation Senior Specialist, ensuring the program progresses in its mission of supporting local actors in producing open #AirQuality data.🎊 More: aqfund.epic.uchicago.edu/news/epic-air-…

Excited to speak at #ASIC2025 in Bangkok on Communication & Public Engagement Using Air Sensors! I’ve made a quick survey to understand how people engage with air quality data. Take a minute to fill it out—your input will be very valuable! forms.gle/tQcjFyf9XhULJG… #CleanAir

We’ve officially kick-started our pilot initiative to develop an #AirQuality programme in Mbarara City, in partnership with Energy Policy Institute at UChicago. Our Initial engagement with city authorities is focused on understanding the local capacity to address air pollution laying the foundation for

Coming to ASIC 2025 in Bangkok? Join the EPIC Clean Air Program team for a Data to Action Happy Hour! Enjoy + share short stories on how data has initiated #CleanAir action. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

India’s air pollution crisis demands better enforcement, not just tech fixes. In his Scroll.in op-ed, Anant Sudarshan makes the case for market-based regulation like pollution taxes & emissions trading over outdated command-and-control rules. More: epic.uchicago.in/in-the-midst-o…

Thank you Christa for the reminder of the privilege I have to be persistent in tackling global #AirPollution 🙌🏼🌍❤️ OpenAQ Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) #ASIC2025 UC Davis Air Quality Research Center

Towards a blue sky in Malawi for public health protection, environmental sustainability & climate smart agriculture—the Malawi Initiative for Clean Air Solutions #MIfCAS funded by the EPIC AQ Fund, Energy Policy Institute at UChicago. #CleanAirMalawi Please read more here: medium.com/@cleanaironea/…

We are putting our consumables in place to install Malawi’s first-ever robust ground-based air quality monitor to transparently share near-real-time PM data via OpenAQ. Thank you to Dr Nathaniel May for his excellent insights. #MIfCAS is funded by the EPIC AQ Fund Energy Policy Institute at UChicago

We are delighted to announce that EPIC Air Quality Fund Awardee, WASARU, has launched a particulate pollution monitoring network—providing the only open, real-time #AirQuality data in the DRC.🎊 Learn more: aqfund.epic.uchicago.edu/news/democrati…

In Malawi, meeting the annual World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guideline for PM₂.₅ would have translated into a potential gain in life expectancy of 1.24 years per the current scientific metrics by Air Quality Life Index (AQLI).

In the opening plenary of AirQo's #CleanAirForumNairobi, EPIC’s Mary Tran engaged in discussion on building ethical, inclusive frameworks for air quality data access and use. Key takeaway: data transparency fuels accountability and stronger policy.

From 2014 to 2022, average levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in China dropped faster than in any other country, according to AQLI data. Read⤵️

In a new podcast episode, our clean air program director Christa Hasenkopf breaks down why #AirPollution is such a devastating force—especially in the Global South—and what can be done to fight it. Listen: epic.uchicago.edu/insights/dr-ch…

On Aug. 7, join Christa Hasenkopf, Director of EPIC’s Clean Air Program, and AO, Founder of the PakistanAirQuality & an EPIC Air Quality Fund Awardee, to discuss how to successfully engage communities to demand #CleanAir and drive policy change. Register: epic.uchicago.edu/events/event/d…

1 year of the EPIC AQ Fund: Awardees have shaped national policy, launched 1st-of-their-kind monitoring systems, and built open data ecosystems in some of the world’s most polluted & under-resourced places. Explore the highlights: aqfund.epic.uchicago.edu/news/one-year-…

Happening next week! Register here: epic.uchicago.edu/events/event/d…