Topic: Communications
Website for the Oregon DEQ Community Air Action Planning program, which aims to begin improving local air quality in historically overburdened areas through a collaborative process of community-led action.
The Toolkit for Municipal Extreme Heat & Air Quality Response Planning in Connecticut is a set of resources designed for municipal public health departments that are committed to climate change preparedness and resilience, with a specific focus on extreme heat and poor air quality stemming from ozone and PM2.5 levels.
Drawing from nearly 20 extreme heat and/or air quality response plans across the U.S., the toolkit includes a template for local heat and air quality preparedness and response plans, highlights innovative strategies from municipalities in California, Maine, Connecticut, and Colorado, and provides shareable resources that can be adapted by local stakeholders.
Website providing tools related to air quality during inversions (conditions when a layer or warm air sits over a layer of cold air, trapping pollutants near the ground).
Website providing information and resources related to wildfire smoke.
AQMx is the Air Quality Management Exchange Platform, an online “one?stop shop” designed to build capacity among air quality managers worldwide. Led by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and UNEP, it provides curated guidance, technical tools and models, data resources, and case studies covering core aspects of air quality management—such as monitoring, emissions inventories, source attribution, health impact assessment, legal frameworks, and sector?specific mitigation in areas like transport, household energy, agriculture, and waste. The platform is aimed especially at low? and middle?income countries and is structured to help governments and practitioners design and implement strategies to meet WHO Air Quality Guidelines and interim targets.
The toxic flooding vulnerability map is an interactive tool that ranks and visualizes how vulnerable petrochemical facilities and nearby communities in the Galveston Bay region are to toxic flooding. Built from more than 100 indicators across flood risk, chemical transport, facility hazards, ecosystem conditions, baseline health, and social and economic factors, it produces separate vulnerability scores for facilities and for community grid cells. Users—such as planners, engineers, policymakers, and Gulf Coast residents—can explore overall vulnerability, drill down to see which specific indicators drive risk in each location, identify high?priority facilities and neighborhoods, and use downloadable profiles and map layers to help target nature?based solutions that reduce both flooding and chemical exposure.
Factsheet providing information on electric school buses
Website with information on open burning emissions, including information on burn bans, guidance on open burning restrictions, and information on pollutants released from burning trash.
Website providing lists of voluntary actions that individuals and communities can take that can help to reduce ozone concentrations.
