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Kampala, Uganda
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Over the next few weeks, Public Square, in collaboration with AirTrack by Air Aware Labs will test AirTrack Premium in Uganda through a series of community walks and runs.
Using location-based air-quality data, we will examine how route, time and physical activity affect personal exposure to PM₂.₅ and other pollutants, while testing continuous tracking, pollution hotspot detection, cleaner-route planning, four-day forecasts and personalised AirCoach recommendations.
This is where technology, citizen science and everyday movement come together to generate practical evidence for healthier urban journeys.
Walk with us. Run with us. Change the routes.
#AirTrackPremium #KampalaCleanAir #KampalaBreathes #CitizenScience #AirQuality #PublicSquareEA #GreenLyfNetwork
What can a walk through Kampala tell us about the air we breathe?
Students at @MubsOfficial took portable air quality monitors along their everyday routes to find out.
We’re opening our speaker series with @arinda94500 of @GreenLyfNetwork.
Join us to hear what the students learned and how you could organise a similar walk on your campus.
📍 19 Nov · 16:30 Antalya time · Education for Climate Action Pavilion (A275), #COP31 Blue Zone
#COP31 #UgandaAtCOP31
Kampala’s air was more polluted last week, and the weekend drove the increase.
From 2–8 November, average PM2.5 rose 13% to 24.5 µg/m³, up from 21.7 µg/m³ the previous week. All seven daily averages exceeded the WHO’s 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³.
The biggest change was over the weekend. Saturday and Sunday averaged 26.5 and 23.2 µg/m³, almost double the previous weekend’s average.
Tuesday was the most polluted day at 31.4 µg/m³, with the US AQI reaching 93 that night. Wednesday’s heavier rain and stronger winds coincided with the week’s lowest daily average of 16.2 µg/m³.
Our weekly bulletin uses Open-Meteo modelled estimates for central Kampala.
Public Square retweeted
Easily the best panel at COP31 this year ❤️🤭
Register to listen to our session, creating a replicable model for universities and schools globally
Meet the speakers for From Campus to Climate Action at #COP31.
Join Public Square East Africa to discuss how universities and schools can monitor air quality and use the data to support cleaner air in their communities, while creating a replicable model for other universities and schools.
📅 19 November 2026 · 16:30–17:30 Antalya time (UTC+3)
📍 Higher Education for Climate Action Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
Scan the QR code on the poster to register.
#CleanAir #UCAII
Public Square retweeted
Looking forward to this🤭💃💃💯
Meet the speakers for From Campus to Climate Action at #COP31.
Join Public Square East Africa to discuss how universities and schools can monitor air quality and use the data to support cleaner air in their communities, while creating a replicable model for other universities and schools.
📅 19 November 2026 · 16:30–17:30 Antalya time (UTC+3)
📍 Higher Education for Climate Action Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
Scan the QR code on the poster to register.
#CleanAir #UCAII
Public Square retweeted
Looking forward to speaking at COP31 on November 19th! Catch our session on driving impactful air quality solutions from African campuses to global climate policy. #COP31 #UCAII #CleanAir
Meet the speakers for From Campus to Climate Action at #COP31.
Join Public Square East Africa to discuss how universities and schools can monitor air quality and use the data to support cleaner air in their communities, while creating a replicable model for other universities and schools.
📅 19 November 2026 · 16:30–17:30 Antalya time (UTC+3)
📍 Higher Education for Climate Action Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
Scan the QR code on the poster to register.
#CleanAir #UCAII
Public Square retweeted
Huh!!!
That #AirQuality work isn’t my work.
It’s the work of a lot of volunteers both at @PublicSquareEA and in the general public. I just happen to be the face that y’all give both the grief and the credit.
I’ll gladly take the grief. I can’t possibly take the credit for their work.
But thank you for recognizing it.
Data saves you a lot. I see @TonyNatif's good work with Air quality. I wish we could champion climate action collectively.
For @Ronkawamara, the Bukoto-Ntinda road @thePatioBella is such a beautiful place. Hospitality at its best.
Madam & I keep wanting to come back.
Meet the speakers for From Campus to Climate Action at #COP31.
Join Public Square East Africa to discuss how universities and schools can monitor air quality and use the data to support cleaner air in their communities, while creating a replicable model for other universities and schools.
📅 19 November 2026 · 16:30–17:30 Antalya time (UTC+3)
📍 Higher Education for Climate Action Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
Scan the QR code on the poster to register.
#CleanAir #UCAII
Thank you, Sir.
Indeed, cleaner air is a collective responsibility. Every individual can play a significant role in improving the quality of air we breathe.
Public Square retweeted
For me, this work is about helping people understand the air they breathe and use that knowledge to act.
Grateful to our team and partners for making UCAII possible.
Looking forward to sharing how this can be replicated in in al African institutions and building new partnerships at #COP31.
We’re excited to share Public Square EA’s work in Uganda, from portable monitoring and public air-quality displays to the Uganda Clean Air Institutions Initiative (UCAII).
Through UCAII, we’re working with universities and schools to collect open air-quality data, support research and help students take action for cleaner air.
Thank you to Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC - @UChiEnergy) and our institutional partners and everyone supporting this work.
At COP31, we look forward to sharing our experience, learning from others and finding partners to expand this work.
Working on air quality, research, education or climate action? Let’s connect.
#COP31 #CleanAir #PublicSquareEA #UCAII
Public Square retweeted
Honoured to moderate this conversation at COP31.
I look forward to hearing how Buganda’s cultural leadership, community experience and environmental evidence can work together to strengthen climate action.
See you at the Uganda Pavilion on 16 November!
Public Square EA will be moderating this session represented by @owomugishaJT.
Meet the voices bringing Buganda’s climate story to COP31.
From cultural leadership to community action, this conversation will explore what clean air, water, forests and youth can achieve together.
📍 Uganda Pavilion, Antalya
🗓️ Monday, 16 November | 10:30–11:30 AM
#BugandaAtCOP31 #COP31
Public Square EA will be moderating this session represented by @owomugishaJT.
Meet the voices bringing Buganda’s climate story to COP31.
From cultural leadership to community action, this conversation will explore what clean air, water, forests and youth can achieve together.
📍 Uganda Pavilion, Antalya
🗓️ Monday, 16 November | 10:30–11:30 AM
#BugandaAtCOP31 #COP31
Public Square retweeted
It’s exciting to see work that @PublicSquareEA has been a part of, be presented at an internationally acclaimed gathering like The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31)!
Massive gratitude to everyone who’s been part of the journey to improving the quality of air we breathe!
Thanks to Buganda Kingdom for showing massive leadership on this journey to a healthier community.
#EmpewoBweBulamu
Public Square EA will be moderating this session represented by @owomugishaJT.
Meet the voices bringing Buganda’s climate story to COP31.
From cultural leadership to community action, this conversation will explore what clean air, water, forests and youth can achieve together.
📍 Uganda Pavilion, Antalya
🗓️ Monday, 16 November | 10:30–11:30 AM
#BugandaAtCOP31 #COP31
Public Square retweeted
That is not “the Katanga family”.
That is Naome Nyangweso who called Mrs Katanga a murderer long before the trial started. She even removed her marital name during the time she was organizing protests in Bugolobi market.
Her and her son, Timothy Nyangweso of @ubctvuganda had their time in court to back up these claims of murder. We all saw how that went.
Timothy made up phantom calls and stunk up the joint.
The mother nearly cried in the witness box. She huffed and puffed and eventually wilted under serious questioning from Mr Jet Tumwebaze and Mr MacDusman Kabega.
You can find part of her pitiful testimony here: youtube.com/live/zaju2n0kPYU…
Public Square retweeted
If Court somehow keeps Hajjat @HajjatMinsa in parliament, then there’s no point in one ever going to court to challenge the election of an NRM candidate.
We’re excited to share Public Square EA’s work in Uganda, from portable monitoring and public air-quality displays to the Uganda Clean Air Institutions Initiative (UCAII).
Through UCAII, we’re working with universities and schools to collect open air-quality data, support research and help students take action for cleaner air.
Thank you to Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC - @UChiEnergy) and our institutional partners and everyone supporting this work.
At COP31, we look forward to sharing our experience, learning from others and finding partners to expand this work.
Working on air quality, research, education or climate action? Let’s connect.
#COP31 #CleanAir #PublicSquareEA #UCAII