Clean Air Asia, along with co-organizers, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), present the 12th Better Air Quality conference (BAQ 2026) to be held on 11-13 March 2026, with pre-events on 9-10 March, in Bangkok, Thailand.

The BAQ 2026 theme, Together for Clear Skies: Driving Action, Accelerating Investment, calls for collective progress on air quality across Asia and the Pacific. BAQ 2026 will convene a wider circle of stakeholders to shape and deliver better air quality outcomes, improving health and well-being, and contributing to global climate goals. This highlights the importance of partnerships and investments in accelerating the implementation of on-the-ground solutions.

Air pollution remains one of the region’s most urgent public health and environmental challenges, yet it also presents one of the greatest opportunities for collaboration, and climate and other co-benefits across sectors and economies. Clean air is a shared development goal, and it will take a wide coalition of effort, including financial, technical, and institutional commitment, to deliver lasting results. BAQ 2026 aims to catalyze transformative action, partnership, and investment, positioning clean air as a driver of sustainable growth and well-being across the region.

Objectives

The objectives of the BAQ 2026 conference are to:

• Unlock financing and funding to support solutions that deliver long-term economic resilience and health benefits.
• Drive action and strengthen understanding and cooperation on scalable and integrated solutions to air pollution.
• Promote stronger sectoral and cross-sectoral partnerships to support actions on the ground and broaden the clean air community—connecting governments, technical experts, funders, the private sector, and advocates with a broader set of stakeholders and sectors—sensitizing more actors and catalyzing a paradigm shift for better air quality.