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It's a great slide. I would add, In the case of open agricultural burning, that the wrong pricing incentives faced by farmers also need to be changed.

Are there any examples where the governments have been reluctant to act, but the WB has been able to coax and encourage them.

More information about the World Bank’s work on environment, and specifically on Air Quality Management can be found here: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment

REPORTActions on Air Quality: A Global Summary of Policies and Programmes to Reduce Air Pollution: https://www.unep.org/resources/report/actions-air-quality-global-summary-policies-and-programmes-reduce-air-pollution

Many thanks Luisa for sharing the link to the report!

Hello everybody, here some previous works on LAC region on SLCP: Integrated Assessment of Short-lived Climate Pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean, https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources/integrated-assessment-short-lived-climate-pollutants-latin-america-and-caribbeanIntegrated Assessment of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean: Summary for Decision Makers, https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources/integrated-assessment-short-lived-climate-pollutants-latin-america-and-caribbean-summaryProgress and Opportunities for Reducing SLCPs across Latin America and the Caribbean, https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources/progress-and-opportunities-reducing-slcps-across-latin-america-and-caribbeanMexico: Integrated SLCP Strategy to Improve Air Quality and Reduce the Impact of Climate Change, https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/resources/mexico-integrated-slcp-strategy-improve-air-quality-and-reduce-impact-climate-change

In the case of sometimes entrenched agricultural burning practices, how can farmers be transitioned to non-burning production methods?

New report on global health cost of air pollution estimates cost of air pollution in LAC region is equivalent to 3.4% of GDP per year. Available at - https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36501

Please find below information about the Global report on Air Quality prepared by UNEP as well as a link to regional summaries: https://www.unep.org/resources/report/actions-air-quality-global-summary-policies-and-programmes-reduce-air-pollution

Other UNEP REPORTRegulating Air Quality: the First Global Assessment of Air Pollution Legislation - https://www.unep.org/resources/report/regulating-air-quality-first-global-assessment-air-pollution-legislation

Many thanks for sharing these new reports!

I share some information that can be useful regarding the open agricultural burningPromoting “no-burn” alternatives to reduce black carbon emissions: https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/activity/open-agricultural-burning

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Thank you. Perhaps an opportunity for development banks to scale up pilot projects on non-burning methods.

Thank you for very helpful examples.

Thanks for a very interesting and informative discussion.Could you please share again the links to the new reports mentioned on crop waste burning?I missed those links

There is a newly launched business alliance, including IKEA, that has committed (among other things) to help develop and (importantly) use parts of this guide to track and reduce emissions. https://www.weforum.org/projects/alliance-for-clean-air

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The recording link for today’s sessions and for sessions yesterday will be made available here: https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2021/11/01/linking-air-quality-management-to-climate-change-mitigation-cop26-side-event

Are there examples where governments have been reluctant to take vigorous air pollution reduction actions, but the WB has been able to find ways to coax and encourage them?

More information about the World Bank’s work on environment, and specifically on Air Quality Management can be found here: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment

FeatureStory: Supporting Pollution Reduction Efforts to Protect the Health of Egyptians and Spur Economic Recovery: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/04/22/supporting-pollution-reduction-efforts-to-protect-the-health-of-egyptians

Some resources from C40: https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Toward-a-Healthier-World-Connecting-the-dots-between-climate-air-quality-and-health?language=en_US

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This concludes today’s event. Thanks to everyone who tuned in. The recording links for Day 1 and today will be made available here: https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2021/11/01/linking-air-quality-management-to-climate-change-mitigation-cop26-side-event