Reports
Tackling forest fires and air pollution: Leveraging solutions on the road to COP30
- 26 august 2025
This factsheet provides input for the roundtable on the impacts of wildfires on air quality and the emission of super pollutants, with a focus on the Latin American reality. The document highlights key challenges and opportunities for integrating this issue into the region’s climate and environmental policies.This factsheet provides input for the roundtable on the impacts of wildfires on air quality and the emission of super pollutants, with a focus on the Latin American reality. The document highlights key challenges and opportunities for integrating this issue into the region’s climate and environmental policies.
Topics covered:
- Wildfires as a major source of air pollutants and short-lived climate pollutants
- Environmental, health, and economic impacts of wildfires
- Disproportionate effects on Indigenous peoples, riverside communities, and low-income urban populations
- Examples of political and community-level actions
- Opportunities for the COP30 forest agenda to include air quality, health, and super pollutants
ABOUT CLEAN AIR FUND & CEBRI COLLABORATION
Clean Air Fund and CEBRI are collaborating to raise awareness of the importance of integrating air pollution into climate discussions at COPs and beyond. The aim is to highlight the impacts of super pollutants on human health, the environment, and the economy, and to discuss ways to tackle the issue.
Find all the initiatives of the project HERE.
This factsheet provides input for the roundtable on the impacts of wildfires on air quality and the emission of super pollutants, with a focus on the Latin American reality. The document highlights key challenges and opportunities for integrating this issue into the region’s climate and environmental policies.This factsheet provides input for the roundtable on the impacts of wildfires on air quality and the emission of super pollutants, with a focus on the Latin American reality. The document highlights key challenges and opportunities for integrating this issue into the region’s climate and environmental policies.
Topics covered:
- Wildfires as a major source of air pollutants and short-lived climate pollutants
- Environmental, health, and economic impacts of wildfires
- Disproportionate effects on Indigenous peoples, riverside communities, and low-income urban populations
- Examples of political and community-level actions
- Opportunities for the COP30 forest agenda to include air quality, health, and super pollutants
ABOUT CLEAN AIR FUND & CEBRI COLLABORATION
Clean Air Fund and CEBRI are collaborating to raise awareness of the importance of integrating air pollution into climate discussions at COPs and beyond. The aim is to highlight the impacts of super pollutants on human health, the environment, and the economy, and to discuss ways to tackle the issue.
Find all the initiatives of the project HERE.