Science-policy Interface

Air Pollution

We provide a platform for all stakeholders to promote science-based and policy-oriented cooperation on air pollution. AIT RRC.AP supports, as appropriate, the development of relevant national and subregional policies relating to air pollution and related environmental issues.

image
News and Activities
image
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Policy Dialogue Towards A Haze-Free Southeast Asia: Forging Climate Resilience and Sustainability
18-18 March 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid)

The Measurable Action for Haze-Free Sustainable Land Management (MAHFSA) Programme’s Closing and Policy Dialogue on Towards A Haze-Free Southeast Asia: Forging Climate Resilience and Sustainability was held on 18 March 2025 at Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20, Thailand, in a hybrid mode.​

image
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Hybrid Bioeconomy Dialogue on Bangkok’s Pollution, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Main Conference Room (MCR) ​
10-10 March 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid)​

AIT RRC.AP participated in the Hybrid Bioeconomy Dialogue on Bangkok’s Pollution on 10 March 2025. Dr. Vanisa Surapipith, AIT RRC.AP’s Head of Air Pollution Cluster, provided her insight on Air Pollution and Agriculture in Bangkok Metropolitan Region by addressing the source contribution of PM2.5 in Bangkok and the completed project activities on the development of a forecasting system for reducing PM2.5 from open burning activities at the local administrative level in Thailand.

image
The Twentieth Anniversary of the EANET and the EANET Science and Policy Dialogue
26-26 November 2021 | Virtual

​The EANET 20th Anniversary celebration and the EANET Science and Policy Dialogue were organised back-to-back on 26 November 2021. The virtual event gathered over one hundred participants from 30 countries to discuss better air quality for all. The EANET’s 20th Anniversary celebration was organised to commemorate the significant milestones of the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) in its twenty years of successful inter-regional cooperation and implementation of activities.

image
The Twenty-third Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (IG23)
24-25 November 2021 | Virtual

​The Twenty-third Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (IG23) was convened virtually from 24 to 25 November 2021 to make important decisions on the expansion of​ the scope of the EANET, among other topics. The event gathered over 70 representatives of the EANET participating countries, namely, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam, the Secretariat, and Network Center for the EANET.