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This AirQualityAsia meeting was a preparatory session for the World Bank Annual meetings in Bali, October 2018. The meeting was hosted by AQA Board Member Hon. Satya Widya Yudha, MP, Indonesia and AQA National Group Chair, Hon. Mercy Chriesty Barends, MP

Hon. Mercy Chriesty Barends, MP, Indonesia, National Group Chair, AQA presented on the AirQualityAsia Panel on Sustainable Cities are Breathable Cities at World Bank CSPF. She reads a quote from Indonesian environmental activist Mama Yosepha.

AirQualityAsia (AQA), in conjunction with the US-Asia Institute, held its Second Annual High-Level Strategy Session (HLSS2) on Sustainable, Healthy Cities and Sustainable Energy solutions on the 17th and 18th of April 2018.

At the Second Annual High-Level Strategy Session (HLSS2) organized by AirQualityAsia (AQA) and the US-Asia Institute, Senator Loren Legarda delivered a presentation on Parliamentary Leadership on Carbon Reduction Policies.

AirQualityAsia Presentation at the Interactive session on the Sustainable Development Goals with regional and other parliamentary assemblies and organizations.

ISLAMABAD : Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan said air pollution has emerged over the years as one of the major sources of environmental degradation in Asia compromising the quality of living environment standards.

The New York Metropolitan Chapter of the U.S. National Committee for UN Women has honored thirty “Champions of Change” for gender equality in New York, to celebrate 30 years as a Chapter.

A global preparatory meeting in support of the review of SDG7 at the 2018 UN High-level Political Forum

AQA held an interaction with Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UNEnvironment on joint collaboration to combat air pollution in India focusing on the role of Parliamentarians in the clean air agenda.

Mr. MJ Nolan, AQA Board Treasurer and Ms. Dorota Piotrowska, AQA Development Associate, attended as AQA Delegates the Summit of Mayors, hosted by the World Helath Organization Regional Office for Europe...

Ms. Dorota Piotrowska, AQA Development Associate, attended as AQA Delegate the 21st European Forum on Eco-innovation...

AQA attended the UN Environment Assembly as independent experts. The delegation included Ms. Shazia Z. Rafi, President/Convenor, AQA, Hon. Meenakshi Lekhi, MP, India, AQA delegate, Ms. Mwende Mwololo, AQA Consultant.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Wakil Ketua Komisi VII DPR Satya Widya Yudha mendorong pemerintah mulai mengambil langkah-langkah strategis dengan mengeluarkan kebijakan-kebijakan riil properubahan iklim, yang lebih membumi dan juga menggandeng seluruh pihak.

Mr. MJ Nolan, AQA Board Treasurer and Hon. Mamadou Lamine Thiam, MP, Senegal, attended as AQA Delegates the Official Launch of the Global Urban Air Pollution Observatory (GUAPO), hosted by Hon. Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris.

LAHORE, Pakistan — For nearly two weeks, Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, has been like one huge airport smokers’ lounge.

Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has said the coal-fired power plant in Sahiwal is not environment-friendly and would turn half the population of Punjab province into Tuberculosis (TB) patients.

Pakistan desperately needs to make available information about air quality to the public in order to push for change to deal with huge air pollution challenges.
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