Supporting the Shift to Climate Positive Sanitation

Climate change represents one of the world’s most pressing and urgent challenges. Sanitation is a significant contributor, producing roughly 2–6% of global man-made methane. As urban populations grow, the use of rudimentary sanitation systems such as pit latrines, septic tanks, and waste settling ponds will increase sanitation-related emissions. These impacts highlight the urgent need for climate positive approaches to the sanitation crisis. Findings1 from a new, scientifically robust sanitation emissions impact calculator, demonstrate that container-based sanitation (CBS) can significantly reduce global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from sanitation. Moreover, the tool provides an innovative opportunity to support funders, planners, companies, implementers and policy makers to shift towards more climate-positive solutions and support the realisation of global climate change targets.

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