Climate Leaders Live

So often we pin hopes of solving environmental issues on technology and innovation and indeed new technologies and application of existing ones have moved us forward massively in terms of cleaning up the air we breathe. Use of satellite imagery and geospatial monitoring of pollutants allows us to better understand pollution sources, exposure hotspots and ‘quick-wins’ in terms of where to target spending. Pollution monitors and sensors, electric vehicles, emissions abatement technologies and pollution extraction technologies attached to bus stops, chimneys and factories will all do their bit in terms of improving air quality in urban and residential areas. But is all this technology a distraction to avoid us having to change our
behaviours? Is moving people in electric vehicles easier than having to create an environment in which people can, and want to, cycle, walk and take clean, electric public transport?  

In this final session we take a look at some of the new technologies promising to clean up the air pollution in our cities, how cities and businesses can find finance and investment to scale pilot projects and ask when and how we might integrate behavioural and nature-based solutions alongside technology.