Actions on Reducing Air Pollution (English) Read more about Actions on Reducing Air Pollution (English) This presentation gave an overview of the state of air quality in Mongolia and the government's national program on reducing air and environmental pollution.
Jay Turner Keywords energy environmental engineering chemical engineering air quality characterization air quality monitoring air pollution health effects Read more about Jay Turner Jay Turner is a Professor of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, and Vice Dean for Education in the James McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis/USA. He also holds a Visiting Scholar appointment with the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard University. Dr.
Rufus Edwards Keywords University of California Irvine School of Medicine epidemiology public health air pollution emissions air quality Read more about Rufus Edwards Rufus Edwards is a professor of epidemiology and public health at the UC Irvine School of Medicine. Dr. Edwards was awarded the 2009 Joan M. Daisey Outstanding Young Scientist Award by the International Society of Exposure Science. Dr. Edwards' research focuses on human exposure to air pollution emissions and subsequent health effects.
Ryan Allen Keywords SFU Simon Fraser University Canada Health Sciences environmental engineering air pollution Ulaanbaatar Gestation and Air Pollution Research UGAAR Read more about Ryan Allen Ryan Allen is an associate professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a Master’s degree in environmental engineering and a PhD in environmental health, both from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. Following his doctoral training, Dr. Allen completed a post-doctoral fellowship in environmental epidemiology focused on the link between long-term air pollution exposure and the progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease. Dr.
Mungunkhishig Batbaatar Keywords UNICEF Mongolia knowledge management air pollution environment Read more about Mungunkhishig Batbaatar
Strengthening Co-Benefits of Health, Climate Change and Air Quality Improvement in Energy Investments in Asian Cities Read more about Strengthening Co-Benefits of Health, Climate Change and Air Quality Improvement in Energy Investments in Asian Cities Asia and the Pacific have the highest number of air pollution deaths in the world. The health effects were estimated to cost US$ 1.7 trillion in 2016, equivalent to 10% of the regions. Air pollution creates a massive economic burden for governments causing a loss of productive labor, thereby reducing output and incomes, and increased health care and welfare costs. The energy sector is a major source of pollution and therefore a target for efforts to improve air quality.
Adelaida Roman Keywords pollution air pollution environment management climate change acid deposition Read more about Adelaida Roman Ms. Adelaida Roman is a Senior Programme Specialist and the Head of Air and Atmospheric Pollution Cluster at the Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Institute of Technology. She coordinates the activities of the "Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia", an intergovernmental network dealing with transboundary air pollution in eight countries of South Asia, as well as the Project “Sustainable Low Emissions Transport”.
PHOTO GALLERY: World Environment Day 2019: Panel Discussion on Beating Air Pollution, Making Asia’s Cities Livable Read more about PHOTO GALLERY: World Environment Day 2019: Panel Discussion on Beating Air Pollution, Making Asia’s Cities Livable A selection of photos taken from the event, World Environment Day 2019: Panel Discussion on Beating Air Pollution, Making Asia’s Cities Livable. The event sought to discuss what additional actions can ADB do to work with its developing member countries (DMCs) to address air pollution.
PHOTO GALLERY: World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe Read more about PHOTO GALLERY: World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe A selection of photos taken from the event, World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe. The session was designed to raise awareness within the general ADB community of the current state and importance of addressing air pollution in Metro Manila and other Asian cities.
Air Quality Improvement in the BTH Region Read more about Air Quality Improvement in the BTH Region In this presentation, Lin Lu outline the PRC's air quality challenges, and what needs to be done to address them. She also shared ADB's approach in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, identifying the issues encountered and the reform approach and presented specific ADB activities in the PRC that impacts air quality. Ms. Lu emphasized the need for long-term financing and technological support, as well as an approach that is cross-sectoral, pragmatic, and systematic to improve air quality in the BTH region.