A tool to maximize air quality co-benefits while planning local climate actions: application to the Covenant of Mayors initiative
Fabio Monforti-Ferrario, Luana Valentini, Joana Bastos, Marta Giulia Baldi, Enrico Pisoni, Antonio Piersanti, M. Omar Nawaz, Sabrina Bresciani · 2026
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Description
Fabio Monforti-Ferrario and colleagues present a tool that scores the air-quality side effects of local climate plans, publishing the analysis in 2026. Cities drive much climate action through the Covenant of Mayors, yet a greenhouse-gas cut can help or harm local air, and planners lacked a simple way to tell. The tool translates actions in housing and transport from city climate plans into changes for five key pollutants.
Applied to 531 plans from 494 cities, it found climate actions usually improve air quality, often by more than they cut greenhouse gases, with 2030 targets averaging a 30 percent emissions cut. Risks remain: fuel switches can raise ammonia, and promoting wood heating can raise fine particles. The authors urge city-by-city checks so climate and clean-air goals reinforce rather than undermine each other.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fabio Monforti-Ferrario, Luana Valentini, Joana Bastos, Marta Giulia Baldi, Enrico Pisoni, Antonio Piersanti, M. Omar Nawaz, Sabrina Bresciani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |