From Knowing to Doing: Operationalizing the 100 Questions for Air Quality Initiative

This conference proceeding summarizes a September 2021 capstone event for the '100 Questions for Air Quality' initiative, led by GovLab and the World Resources Institute. The initiative engaged 100 global experts to prioritize data and data science investments for air quality, ultimately finding that the primary challenge is not a lack of data, but the need to translate existing knowledge into political will and investment.

• The '100 Questions for Air Quality' initiative, led by GovLab and the World Resources Institute, convened 100 atmospheric scientists, policy experts, academics, and data providers globally to determine a high-impact agenda for data and data science investments.
• Public voting on the ranked and clustered questions revealed that the most critical issue is not the need for new research or data, but rather how to utilize existing knowledge to drive investments and political will for air quality solutions.
• A September 2021 roundtable discussion, co-hosted by the Clean Air Fund, Climate and Clean Air Coalition, and Clean Air Catalyst, focused on addressing the 'data-to-action' gap with a group of anonymous experts from various sectors including government, business, and academia.

APA

World Resources Institute (2020). From Knowing to Doing: Operationalizing the 100 Questions for Air Quality Initiative. https://www.wri.org/research/knowing-doing-operationalizing-100-questions-air-quality-initiative

Chicago

World Resources Institute. From Knowing to Doing: Operationalizing the 100 Questions for Air Quality Initiative. 2020. https://www.wri.org/research/knowing-doing-operationalizing-100-questions-air-quality-initiative.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2020from, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{From Knowing to Doing: Operationalizing the 100 Questions for Air Quality Initiative}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2020}, month = jun, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/knowing-doing-operationalizing-100-questions-air-quality-initiative}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }