ClairCity

Full project title: ClairCity - Citizen Led Air Pollution Reduction in Cities

Duration: 2016 to 2020

Other UWE Bristol researchers:

• Professor Jo Barnes
• Dr Ben Williams
• Dr Laura de Vito
• Dr Margarida Sardo
• Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers
• Andy King
• Emeritus Professor Jim Longhurst

Research partners/collaborators:

• Trinomics (Netherlands)
• CBS (Netherlands)
• DTU (Denmark)
• NILU (Norway)
• REC (Hungary)
• Techne Consulting (Italy)
• TML (Belgium)
• University of Aveiro (Portugal)
• NILU, (Norway)
• plus six city partners Bristol (UK); Amsterdam (Netherlands); Aveiro region (Portugal); Ljubljana (Slovenia); Sosnowiec (Poland) and the Liguria region (Italy)

Funder: Horizon 2020

ClairCity was a Horizon 2020-funded project working across six cities in Europe to engage the public on issues of air pollution, carbon emissions, public health and wellbeing and the future of their cities and regions. The project took a novel approach to understanding air pollution, carbon emissions and their impact on citizen health and wellbeing. Using a sociologically informed perspective, the project shifts the policy focus from technology and technological solutions to taking a closer look at the problems. 

ClairCity used innovative modelling and quantitative analysis to examine the role of people and society in creating pollution. By better understanding these behaviours and processes, successful policy interventions can be developed to meet local needs. Core to the project were a set of innovative tools that will allow city residents to participate in understanding the problem, visioning the future and backcasting to achieve results for their city. 

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For further information about the project, please contact Professor Enda Hayes (enda.hayes@uwe.ac.uk).