Air pollution is a major global environmental health risk factor that kills approximately 6 million people—mostly from underserved communities in low-and middle-income countries—every year. Though public awareness of air pollution is rising in many countries, major gaps remain between scientific evidence and public awareness of health risks, causes, and solutions. Historically, public awareness an...

This global report provides a review of policy actions of Member States per the mandate provided by UNEA Resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally. ...

The Actions on Air Quality report reviews countries policy actions with regards to the mandate provided by United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 3/8 on Preventing and reducing air pollution to improve air quality globally....

This report reviews the actions carried out in the Africa region to control the emissions of air pollutants in the most important sectors, including industry and energy, transport, household energy, and forestry and agriculture. In addition, the review looks at the legislative and regulatory actions taken by governments to improve air quality. The information presented in this report was derived f...

This report summarizes progress in countries in the Asia and the Pacific region in implementing air quality policies identified in the UNEP 2018 and 2016 Actions on Air Quality reports. It highlights where good progress has been made in different sectors and identifies opportunities to accelerate further actions that countries in Asia and the Pacific may wish to consider....

The purpose of the European and Central Asian report is to provide detailed information on emission trends and actions taken in Europe to improve air quality between 2016 and 2020, which will support the second UNEP global summary of policies and programmes to reduce air pollution. The pollutants that form the focus of the report are sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, nonmethane volatile organic co...

The report provides an overview from the Latin America and Caribbean region of non-sectoral air quality management actions, including air quality frameworks, strategies, standards and monitoring. It also assesses the actions carried out in key sectors that contribute to air pollution in most countries, including industrial emissions, road transportation, solid waste management, household air pollu...

This report provides an overview of the legislative and management structures that are in place in the North America region, along with a more detailed assessment of how those structures are implemented in each of five key sectors (industrial emissions, vehicles and transport, waste management, indoor air quality and agriculture), analysing how these programmes have evolved over time....

The report Actions on Air Quality in West Asia details the measures taken by West Asian countries to combat air pollution. It covers various sectors, including energy, industry, transport, waste management, household air pollution, and agriculture, and discusses the implementation of policies and incentives to improve air quality....