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

Huiling Ouyang; Xu Tang; Rajesh Kumar; Renhe Zhang; Guy Brasseur; Ben Churchill; Mozaharul Alam; Haidong Kan; Hong Liao; Tong Zhu; Emily Ying Yang Chan; Ranjeet Sokhi; Jiacan Yuan; Alexander Baklanov; Jianmin Chen; Maria Katherina Patdu

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0040.1

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

Huiling Ouyang
, Xu Tang
, Rajesh Kumar
, Renhe Zhang
, Guy Brasseur
, Ben Churchill
, Mozaharul Alam
, Haidong Kan
, Hong Liao
, Tong Zhu
, Emily Ying Yang Chan
, Ranjeet Sokhi
, Jiacan Yuan
, Alexander Baklanov
, Jianmin Chen
, Maria Katherina Patdu

RAL Administrative Office

Fudan University
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
World Meteorological Organization
United Nations Environment Programme
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Peking University
University of Oxford
University of Hertfordshire
United Nations

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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. 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 September 2021 will generate the greatest health benefits in the Asian region. Here we present some key messages and recommendations at national, regional, and global levels to promote the strategies for implementation of the ambitious WHO 2021 AQGs in the Asian region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E1696-E1703
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	103
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0040.1
State	Published - Jul 2022

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Air pollution
Air quality
Asia
health

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Ouyang, H., Tang, X., Kumar, R., Zhang, R., Brasseur, G., Churchill, B., Alam, M., Kan, H., Liao, H., Zhu, T., Chan, E. Y. Y., Sokhi, R., Yuan, J., Baklanov, A., Chen, J., & Patdu, M. K. (2022). Toward Better and Healthier Air Quality Implementation of WHO 2021 Global Air Quality Guidelines in Asia. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(7), E1696-E1703. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0040.1

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