The International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies aims to build a global community of action, encouraging countries to collaborate in tackling air pollution to protect our ecosystems. This day provides a platform for cooperation at individual, national, regional, and international levels to work together and Invest in #CleanAirNow. The United Nations General Assembly designated 7 September as Inte...

The Punjab State of the Environment (SOE) Report, 2023 is the second report in the series, with the first one reporting upon the state of the environment for the year 2022. Current report provides an insight on the prevailing environmental conditions, in respect of air, water, soil, climate change, wastewater and solid waste management in Punjab, with updated datasets from primary and secondary so...

The "Plan Estratégico para la Gestión Integral de la Calidad del Aire de Bogotá 2030" is a strategic planning tool designed to improve air quality in Bogotá by 2030, focusing on reducing particulate matter and integrating principles such as governance, regional vision, climate change adaptation, and green growth​. It builds on the previous Decennial Air Decontamination Plan (2011-2020), emphasizin...

How can legislators and parliamentarians do their part to ensure that the SDGs and other post2015 commitments are achieved by 2030 and beyond? The overarching purpose of this Guide is to provide formative answers to these questions that are practically useful in the daily work of legislators and legislative officials around the world. The scope of the Guide includes four core activity areas for le...

This report is a first attempt at gathering, analysing and presenting data to demonstrate the everyday reality for the one billion people in Africa who walk and cycle every day. It baselines conditions in all 54 African countries using existing data sources, is interpreted through a walking and cycling lens and highlights inspiring best practices. It highlights that making the lives of people who ...

This report is a first attempt at gathering, analysing and presenting data to demonstrate the everyday reality for the one billion people in Africa who walk and cycle every day. It baselines conditions in all 54 African countries using existing data sources, is interpreted through a walking and cycling lens and highlights inspiring best practices. It highlights that making the lives of people who ...

‘Breathing Cleaner Air’, by a task force of eminent Indian and international experts, outlines solutions that can significantly reduce air pollution, including critical near-term measures. The report synthesises available data on sources of air pollution, its transport over long distances, its impact on public health, food production, regional climate, to arrive at the solutions that can significa...

The World Health Organization, in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), developed a Household Energy Policy Repository (“the Repository”) to serve as an online clearinghouse for national, regional and local policies, regulations and legislation affecting household energy use. The Repository summarizes policies targeting cooking, heating, and lighting using clean fuels and tec...

The Clean Air Act, which was last amended in 1990, requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (40 CFR part 50) for six principal pollutants ("criteria" air pollutants) which can be harmful to public health and the environment. The Clean Air Act identifies two types of national ambient air quality standards. Primary standards provide public health protection, including protecting th...

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) implements the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) through a network comprising 804 ambient air quality monitoring stations covering 344 cities/towns in 28 states and 6 union territories of the country as per the mandate under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to collect, compile and disseminate information on air qu...