Newsletter - February 2018 Subscribe Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Newsletter Newsletter - February 2018 Content ICIMOD_Brick_Klin_Visit_06216.jpg Message from the secretariat The Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Steering Committee convened in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, at the end of February to discuss our priorities for the coming years. ICIMOD, our host, could not have chosen a better setting for our meeting! Breathing the polluted air for a week provided strong motivation to address black carbon emissions. The brick sector is a major source of black carbon emissions in Nepal and South Asia. We had the opportunity to visit a brick kiln that ICIMOD, with catalytic funding from the Coalition, has helped to modernize. Thanks to the kiln’s zig-zag design, locally adapted ventilation system and filters, and earthquake-safe chimney, the kiln is safer, more efficient and considerably less polluting than traditional kiln technology. It also produces higher quality bricks in less time, using 30% less fuel. Improved kilns like this one make a huge difference for local communities and the environment. The impact will be even greater as the technology spreads to the more than 70,000 traditional kilns in South Asia. We are proud to contribute to the technology transformation underway in Nepal’s brick sector and to the many other clean air solutions that will put us on a pathway towards maximum benefits for climate and health. Helena Molin Valdes Climate & Clean Air Coalition secretariat Highlights Farmers in Northwestern Bangladesh learn to grow climate friendly rice Farmers are changing the way they grow rice, and by doing so are increasing production, saving money, and protecting the climate. Read → Vietnam joins the Climate and Clean Air Coalition Vietnam will build on its work to reduce methane from rice production and aims to move to low-carbon rice production as part of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Read → Seoul's action, a starting point for global air quality improvement efforts The world’s cities are the worst affected by air pollution. But there are solutions, and cities are in the best position to help solve the problem. Read → India announces plan to bring down air pollution from crop burning India’s government has announced new measures to help cut air pollution from the burning of agricultural waste, a major contributor to regular air quality crises in the north of the country. Read → Welcome to our newest partners Partners ECOWAS Luxembourg Pakistan Vietnam World Resources Institue (WRI) Actors ANTER Upcoming events Cities and Climate Change Science Conference 15 March - Online event Supporting better health through cooking with LPG 15 March - Online event Clean Air Week - "Solutions for Clean Air" 19 - 23 March - Bangkok, Thailand 2018 Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership Joint Forum 21 - 22 March - Bangkok, Thailand 8th Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific 9 - 12 April - Indore, India Global Methane Forum 16 - 18 April - Toronto, Canada Resources Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Science Update - What have we learned since 2011? Watch → Waste Initiative Solid Waste Emissions Estimation Tool (SWEET) tool version 2 Download → Finance for city leaders handbook Download → Costos de la contaminación del aire y sus efectos en salud (Colombia) Watch → Subscribe To ensure you receive the newsletter in your inbox, you may need to add the address "noreply [at] ccacoalition.org" to your safe senders list. Email Address *