In South Mumbai, India, Aga Hall Estate – an upcoming residential high-rise development project – is one of the first and largest AKDN projects to earn EDGE Advanced Certification, the globally recognised benchmark for green building created by International Finance Corporation. 

The effort to achieve universal health coverage in low-to-middle-income countries stands to significantly increase the global carbon footprint, but a new article published in the British Medical Journal – drawing on data provided by the Aga Khan Development Network – outlines how integrating carbon reduction into the delivery of universal health coverage can in fact leverage greater health gains in these countries.