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Spotlight on air pollution in Africa

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Africa’s worsening air pollution has received too little attention. We argue that actions are needed in energy transition management, transport emission regulation and waste management to protect Africa’s air quality.

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Fig. 1: Analysis of historical air pollution in East Africa.
Fig. 2: Air pollution network of particulate matter using the AirQo low-cost sensor.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Mohammed Iqbal Mead, Gabriel Okello, Aderiana Mutheu Mbandi and Francis David Pope.

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  1. MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Environmental Research Group, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Mohammed Iqbal Mead

  2. Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Gabriel Okello

  3. African Centre for Clean Air, Kampala, Uganda

    Gabriel Okello

  4. School of Engineering and Technology, South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya

    Aderiana Mutheu Mbandi

  5. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Francis David Pope

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Mead, M.I., Okello, G., Mbandi, A.M. et al. Spotlight on air pollution in Africa. Nat. Geosci. 16, 930–931 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01311-2

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