Scoping review demonstrates multi-source data mobilization drives clean air advocacy globally, highlighting the necessity of community co-production and standardized open platforms.
Key Points
To examine how data-driven approaches are utilized to advocate for clean air amid climate change, identifying mobilization techniques, enabling factors, limitations, and equity considerations.
Conducted a global scoping review analyzing 50 studies published across 41 countries and over 100 cities.
Categorized data mobilization frameworks into distinct methodologies and evaluated their integration with public policy, equity, and health outcomes.
Identified five primary data-driven approaches: sensor-based monitoring, modelling, digital platforms and data visualisation, community-centred approaches, and lived-experience assessments.
A total of 86% of studies (n = 43) combined multiple data strategies to generate evidence, mobilize communities, highlight health inequities, and engage policymakers.
Mobilization efforts frequently encountered governance and sustainability gaps, demonstrating a widespread need for standardized open data platforms and community co-production.