for an urban reality where access to health-enabling, climate-resilient environments in cities is the central guiding principle of all urban development.through the use of participatory data on urban environments and health to inform activism, shape advocacy and guide prioritisation and accountability of the impact of urban infrastructure development on health and climate risk.
Three young citizen scientists from Lagos, Accra, and Cape Town have represented the initiative at COP27 in Egypt. An interactive exhibit features citizen scientists, their advocacy message, data story results, and campaign policy proposals from 10-12 November.
Close your eyes and imagine Cityzens4CleanAir scaled out across the continent with citizen scientists monitoring their local air quality and comparing it to other parts of their city or other cities in other countries. Imagine if this participatory measurement mobilised the majority demographic and municipal government actors to build participatory mechanisms for young people to plan and evaluate interventions that shape the urban health environment for health and climate resilience.