The Right to Breathe Clean Air: Leveraging AI and Citizen Science for EO to Enforce Environmental Regulation in Bangladesh

Rights Lab project lead: Doreen Boyd
Funder: GCRF/Newton Fund
Duration: November 2022 -  March 2023
Programme: Measurement and Geographies

 

Bangladeshi brick kilns need regulating but due to their ephemeral nature and spread across the country, the number and location of kilns year on year is unknown. That there is an urgent need to regulate brick kilns better is recognised by the Bangladeshi Government and they have confirmed their need for assistance from an international team of researchers and organisations (Bangladesh, India, Singapore and UK). The international team have devised a three-step method that will support Bangladesh Government in their efforts to regulate the brick kilns.