Coal-burning brick kilns are a major source of pollution in Nepal. After a devastating earthquake in 2015, ICIMOD, with support from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, rebuilt some of the kilns...
Coal-burning brick kilns are a major source of pollution in Nepal. After a devastating earthquake in 2015, ICIMOD, with support from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, rebuilt some of the kilns...
Brick, a commonly applied conventional construction material, is produced in about 1,000 kilns in Nepal, attracting approximately $37 million investment in the sector. Brick kilns, mostly adopting...
There is an urgent need for national strategies and policy actions for cleaner and sustainable brick production in Bangladesh.
The overall objective of this initiative is to prepare...
Produced as part of the CCAC Bricks Initiative, this factsheet/poster provides an overview of how to:
High resolution concentrations of nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and Ozone (O3) were measured at a urban site (urban...
The first edition of the training manual on natural draught zigzag kiln was prepared under the project supported by Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation.
Epidemiologic evidence for an association between black carbon (BC) and health outcomes is limited. We estimated associations and exposure–response relationships between childhood asthma...
Economic growth and increasing urbanization of emerging economies such as India’s have been accompanied by a rise in ambient air pollution levels, especially in urban areas.1 However, the...