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Plenary lecture on Climate & Health at #INSPIRE conference- spoke on need for regional leaders forum, research & innovation hubs & platform to share solutions for #airpollution & #climate threats across Asia Pacific. Our Common Air Temasek Asian Development Bank Helen Clark


After our support to Citra Lab Thailand Policy Lab (TPLab), we are proud to support @UNDP_Bhutan in their exciting new #PublicSectorInnovation journey-Bhutan Innovation Lab with the Office of PM Bhutan in their mission to drive systems change,economic boost & effective public service delivery


#RFP: We are partnering with Asian Development Bank to support national #digital strategies, #DPI, #AI sandboxes, #govtech institutions & learning journeys for policymakers across Asia-Pacific to shape scalable, bankable digital transformation initiatives. 🔗 to apply: tinyurl.com/UNDPADB

Visited #Rafah crossing today with Mary Robinson. Saw trucks w/ medical & food supplies which had been blocked from delivering to #Gaza. Heartbreaking that near where we were, people are killed at food distribution sites & children die of starvation. The war must end. The Elders


👋🏼If supporting #digital strategies, #DPI, #AI sandboxes, #govtechinstitutions & learning journeys for policymakers sounds like you, check out this #RFP tinyurl.com/UNDPADB 📧To learn more, please send a note to [email protected] to join the info call tomorrow.






Wishing all clean air champions, Happy Clean Air Day from Our Common Air! If you care for clean air, join us in our mission to catalyze collective action on clean air! Read our Call to Action and advocacy papers here: ourcommonair.org/publications/ Helen Clark Soumya Swaminathan

On behalf of our Co-Chairs Helen Clark Soumya Swaminathan and our commissioners, wishing everyone-Happy Clean Air Day!Huge thanks to all our partners/stakeholders in joining forces towards advancing our Call to Action! Calling all champions to support our future advocacy missions!

In Jeddah last week, with IsDB Group, we convened policymakers from Asia, Africa & Arab States for a Digital Stewardship Workshop. Together we set priorities & funding pathways on #DPI, #AI & #Infrastructure. Next: moving from ideas to action- Stay tuned!


When events and workshops are not just talk-shops,but a springboard of actionable projects, the magic happens! Super honored to be convening policymakers from #Asia #Africa #ArabStates for the #DigitalStewardship journey with IsDB Group in #Jeddah last week Alex Oprunenco



Health should be at the centre of Multisectoral climate action - well articulated by Centre for Social and Economic Progress researchers in The Hindu climate-health vision with lessons from India - thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/… Bhupender Yadav Jagat Prakash Nadda Ministry of Health PMO India NITI Aayog MoEF&CC IITM Pune IISc Bangalore


🌍 As part of the #RoadToImpact for the India–AI Impact Summit 2026, CivicDataLab, in partnership with UN Development in Asia and the Pacific, is hosting a high-level session on: AI for #ClimateAction in #SoutheastAsia: Forging Pathways to Resilience | Bangkok Climate Action Week


#Airpollution silently kills 8M people each year.But #cleanair gets less than 1% of aid.If acted upon timely,it could save 2M lives,add $2.4T to the global economy by 2040. Read The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2025, 👉 bit.ly/4gXEAjm Clean Air Fund Jane Burston

“Clean air is not a peripheral issue; it is central to achieving climate goals, health targets & sustainable growth.” Minister Dr. Dion George Al Jazeera English He calls for clean air to be made central to development finance & for focus on regions previously left behind. bit.ly/42MCHjw