Seneca Naidoo is C40’s Technical Head for Breathe Cities, Africa. Seneca leads C40’s air quality work in Africa and serves as the key regional expert on air quality in the region. She oversees the delivery of air quality technical assistance projects to cities in Africa, through the African Cities for Clean Air and Breathe Cities Programmes, which aim to establish targeted action in Africa and to support African cities in implementing local air quality actions.
Seneca first joined C40 as the Programme Manager for the CAP-AQ (Climate Action Planning and Air Quality) Programme and then as Regional Technical Advisor for Air Quality in Southern Africa. She brings a wealth of experience working with African cities and globally on air quality issues. In these roles, she managed air quality impact analyses for seven cities to integrate air quality and health into climate action planning and worked directly with South African cities to implement air quality projects.
Seneca holds an MSc in Atmospheric Science from the University of Witwatersrand and has previously worked in both the research and consulting spheres, with a focus on air quality and climate change linkages within cities and air quality management planning.