Community-based black carbon and public health assessment

Project objectives:

• assess, on a pilot basis, local sources of black carbon emissions from a representative sampling of Arctic Alaskan and Russian villages;
• provide a broad characterization of associated risks to public health;
• explore short and long-term mitigation options;
• assess and, where possible, strengthen local capacities to identify, mitigate and prevent black carbon pollution;
• draft a framework tool for community-based assessments of black carbon emissions and health risks;
• and educate local communities about black carbon emissions and risks.

The project is a collaboration of the AIA, Arctic Alliance, Alaska Native Science Commission, University of Alaska-Anchorage, and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, with support from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.