World Environment Day 2019: Panel Discussion on Beating Air Pollution, Making Asia’s Cities Livable

World Environment Day is an annual event organized by UN Environment on 5 June and celebrated by ADB's Environment Thematic Group. This year's theme, 'Beat Air Pollution", is aligned with the operational priorities of ADB’s Strategy 2030 including those aimed at making cities more livable and providing better health for all. In order to address air pollution integrated approaches from the urban, transport, energy and health sectors are needed.

Air Pollution in Asian Cities

In this presentation, Glynda Bathan, Deputy Executive Director of Clean Air Asia discussed the state of air pollution in Asian cities, honing on air quality figures for Metro Manila. She cited air pollution as the fifth leading global risk factor for premature deaths, highlighting the health impacts of air pollution, and the need for urgent collective action.​

World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe

World Environment Day is an annual event organized by UN Environment on 5 June and celebrated by ADB's Environment Thematic Group. This year's theme, "Beat Air Pollution", is aligned with the operational priorities of ADB’s Strategy 2030 including those aimed at making cities more livable and providing better health for all. In order to address air pollution integrated approaches from the urban, transport, energy and health sectors are needed.

Video - Clean Air Scorecard Helps Clear the Air in the People's Republic of China

As the pre-eminent network in Asia on air quality management issues, the Asian Development Bank’s Clean Air Asia initiative examines the interface between climate change and local air pollution. It is a successful model of knowledge networking and how knowledge can be translated into policy dialogues, capacity development, and investment.

Lu Fu

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Lu leads the development, management and fund raising of China Program and related projects of Clean Air Asia in China. She holds BA in International Law, MA and PhD in Environmental Law from the Wuhan University, China and conducted her PhD research in the University of Leuven, Belgium. She is specialized in policy and regulation analysis of environmental issues, and has worked as project manager and coordinator with UNEP in Thailand and leading environmental consulting firms in China.