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Air Pollution

Awareness Raising

We support governments and other stakeholders to enhance and further develop air pollution information materials and promote exchange of information and experience.

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News and Activities
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AIT RRC.AP Participates in UN ESCAP Panel on Aligning Regional Action with National Needs during the Clean Air Week 2025 in Bangkok
24-28 November 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand

Dr. Vanisa Surapipith, Head of the Air Pollution Cluster at the Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), participated in the panel discussion on “Aligning Regional and Multistakeholder Actions with National Needs”, held under the session “Connecting National Needs with Regional Action for Clean Air in Asia and the Pacific”. The session was organized by UN ESCAP and UNEP on 25 November 2025, as part of Clean Air Week 2025 held from 24-28 November 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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AIT-RRC.AP participated at Incheon International Environmental Technology Confex
15-16 October 2025 | Incheon, South Korea​

​The AIT-RRC.AP was a key contributor to the 2025 Incheon International Environmental Technology Confex and chaired a pivotal session on Southeast Asia Air Quality Management Technology Demand Discovery Network. ​

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Understanding Air Pollution and its Sources, Weather, Climate, and Topography in Malaysia: EANET National Stakeholder Awareness Workshop
26-26 November 2024 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia​

AIT RRC.AP played an active role in the "Understanding Air Pollution and its Sources, Weather, Climate, and Topography in Malaysia: EANET National Stakeholder Awareness Workshop in Malaysia." This workshop was a collaborative effort between the Secretariat for the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), with the support of the Malaysian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability. Held at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Kuala Lumpur, on November 26, 2024, the workshop adhered to the EANET Work Programme and Budget 2024, as well as the EANET Rules of Procedure.

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Awareness Workshop on State of Acid Deposition in East Asia – From Data to Policy
20-20 June 2022 | Virtual

​RRC.AP supported the EANET Secretariat in organising an awareness workshop on the “State of Acid Deposition in East Asia – From Data to Policy” on 20 June 2022 on an Online Platform. The objectives of the workshop were to increase public understanding on acid deposition issues, to share EANET achievements in the last 20 years, and to explore further generate collaboration ideas for future EANET Projects based on the PRSAD4 (4th Periodic Report on the State of Acid Deposition in East Asia) findings and recommendations. Altogether 79 participants, including 38 women, from 17 countries including 13 EANET participating countries participated in the workshop.

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The EANET Awareness Workshop
6-6 September 2021 | Virtual

​The EANET Awareness Workshop in 2021 was organized virtually on 6 September 2021, in partnership with the Republic of Korea. The event gathered over 200 participants from 16 countries and focused its discussion on international cooperation on acid deposition and air pollution. The workshop was aimed at increasing public understanding of regional acid deposition issues while reflecting on the work achieved by the EANET in the last 20 years.