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From dry cleaning to blue skies: Seoul’s journey to cleaner air
Air quality East Asia Zero emission Development

From dry cleaning to blue skies: Seoul’s journey to cleaner air

ByXiaoqian Zhou October 21, 2025October 21, 2025

How chemicals from dry cleaning add harmful gases to the air, and how the city is switching to cleaner machines, tougher pollution rules, and smarter city policies to help everyone breathe easier.

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Clean air – time to celebrate or accelerate?
Equitable Development Transport & mobility

Clean air – time to celebrate or accelerate?

ByICLEI Network September 7, 2020June 3, 2025

Authors: Maryke van Staden, Director of carbonn Climate Center and Felix Akrofi-Atitianti, Integrated Climate Action Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat As…

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38 South Asian Cities Pledge to Fight Air Pollution to Mark UN Day of Clean Air for blue skies
South Asia

38 South Asian Cities Pledge to Fight Air Pollution to Mark UN Day of Clean Air for blue skies

BySubuhi Parvez September 7, 2020September 7, 2020

Thirty-eight mayors and city representatives from six countries in South Asia – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the…

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Pittsburgh’s fight for clean air, water and growth
North America Zero emission Development

Pittsburgh’s fight for clean air, water and growth

ByMark Wessel September 1, 2020June 26, 2025

Pittsburgh has become the poster child for how to transition from highly impacted industrial town to a healthy and vibrant…

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