What is canairy alert?

CanAiry Alert is a partnership supporting air quality practitioners from the global south to have access to data and tools including air pollution forecasting tools and better understand its sources. Through CanAIRy alert, air quality practitioners from Latin American, African and Southeast Asian cities learn, share and get to know about best practices, successful tools and management case studies from cities around the world.

CanAIRy Alert aims to address challenges faced by air quality managers in participating cities - limited technical capacity, lack of trained personnel, and inability to access analytical tools and modeling - by translating and packaging globally available datasets such as NASA’s GEOS-CF forecast, local air quality monitoring data from calibrated low-cost monitors, reference grade monitors, emissions inventories and others into decision-relevant and locally accessible tools.

Following a successful pilot in Latin America, air quality forecasts were piloted in four African cities: Kigali, Nairobi, Kampala and Accra. Forecast models are bias-corrected with real-time data from ground monitoring stations to enable air quality managers and policy makers to provide reliable warnings of high pollution episodes and gain insights on pollution sources.

  • Beatriz Cardenas

    Beatriz is the Global Air Quality Director at World Resources Institute (WRI). She is an expert in air pollution, with experience in both science and policy, from the study of biological processes to treat air pollutants, to the design and implementation of integrated policies to achieve clean air.

  • Yasmin Duran

    Yasmin Duran is an External Communications Consultant for WRI’s Air Quality Team. She is responsible for the internal and external audiovisual material of the Air Quality Community of Practice, as well as the preparation, follow-up and documentation of the project. She is also copy-editor for WRI Mexico's knowledge products.

  • Daniel Ibanez

    Daniel Ibanez is a global communications professional, with a focus and experience in international NGOs. He is the Digital Communications and Marketing Specialist for Air Quality at WRI, and his work includes managing the website, social media and email communications for CanAIRy Alert.

  • George Mwaniki

    Dr. George Mwaniki is Head of Air Quality for WRI Africa.. His work focuses on working with stakeholders across the continent, including policymakers, civil society, communities, private sector and academia towards improving air quality and reducing its negative impacts on health, ecosystems and economies.

  • Amos Mwangi

    Amos Mwangi is a Senior Electric Mobility Associate in the WRI Africa Cities team, based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is managing WRI Africa's growing electric mobility work in the region. Amos holds a Master’s degree in Carbon Management from the University of Edinburgh, a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental and Bio-systems Engineering from University of Nairobi and also holds a PRINCE II Practitioner certification.

  • Ana Cecilia Perales

    Cece Perales is an Air Quality Coordinator for WRI Mexico. She manages the community of practice and webinars for CanAIRy Alert.

  • Savannah Willard

    Savannah Willard is a Grants & Finance Specialist for WRI's Air Quality Program. She supports the Air Quality Program’s work building capacity for locally tailored solutions that curb air pollution and improve human health through project management, financial, contracts, and administrative support.