The Air Pollution Cluster (APC) is committed to finding the best solutions to combat air pollution and related environmental problems for a clean and sustainable environment in the Asian region. This initiative aims to foster renewed regional cooperation to effectively address air pollution. It seeks to achieve this by developing science-based policies, enhancing air quality management skills, gaining co-benefits, and breaking through any barriers in keeping the air clean for all generations.

The COVID-19 pandemic spread all over the world in early 2020. India imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 25, 2020, for more than a month to contain the COVID-19 infection. During the nationwide lockdown, transport, industries, and commercial activities were suspended, except for essential services. We made a detailed analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on air quality in India by using the data from more than 200 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) and reported a change in the National Air Quality Index (NAQI), spatial distribution and concentration levels of PM10, PM2.5, CO, NO2, SO2, and O3 from …

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Heavy-Duty Vehicles Initiative (HDVI) is supporting the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to reduce the air pollution and near-term climate impacts of diesel emissions in the on-road transport sector. The “ASEAN MEMBER STATES MEETING ON SOOT-FREE TRANSPORT: Senior Level Consultation on EURO 4/IV Implementation and EURO 6/VI Roadmap” was convened on 11-12 October 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

This report presents the first comprehensive analysis of approaches to establishing BAT and similar concepts to prevent and control industrial emissions in a wide range of countries, including the following OECD Members and Partners: the Russian Federation, Korea, the United States, the European Union, India, the People’s Republic of China and New Zealand. For each country, the report presents extensive information on the procedures for collection of data on techniques for control and prevention of industrial pollution, evaluation of the techniques and identification of BAT. In addition, the report covers international initiatives facilitating the application of BAT, including under the …

Estimations of the emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHG) of Asian country was done as a part of the activities of the Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABC) Programme of AIT RRC.AP. ABC Programme has been supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The estimation of emissions of air pollutants and GHG in Nepal was done by Prof. Ram M. Shrestha who authored a book “Emissions of Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gases in Nepal”. The book is published by Regional Energy Resources Information Center (RERIC), AIT. Prof. Shrestha used a bottom-up approach for estimating emissions of air pollutants …