Towards Better and Healthier Air Quality: Implementation of WHO 2021 Global Air Quality Guidelines in Asia

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Ouyang, Huiling
Tang, Xu
Kumar, Rajesh
Zhang, Renhe
Brasseur, Guy
Churchill, Ben
Alam, Mozaharul
Kan, Haidong
Liao, Hong
Zhu, Tong
Chan, Emily Ying Yang
Sokhi, Ranjeet
Yuan, Jiacan
Baklanov, Alexander
Chen, Jianmin
Patdu, Maria Katherina
Abstract
Air pollution is estimated to contribute to approximately 7 million premature deaths, of which around 4.5 million deaths are linked to ambient (outdoor) air pollution (Murray et al. 2020). The deaths attributed to air pollution rank the highest in the Asian Region and thus the implementation of the stricter World Health Organization (WHO) Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) released on 22 Sep 2021 will generate the greatest health benefits in the Asian region. Here we present some key messages and recommendations at national, regional, and global level to promote the strategies for implementation of the ambitious WHO 2021 AQGs in the Asian region.
Publication date
2022-07-01
Published in
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Published version
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0040.1
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http://hdl.handle.net/2299/26876
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