AQA Projects

AQA's vision is to secure the right of all Asians to breathe clean air. Our mission is to bring about improvement in the air quality in Asia through the implementation of effective national environment and energy policy. This goal can only be achieved if key Asian countries meet the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to Air Quality – namely SDGs 3.9, 11.6, and 12.4.

AQA is promoting legislative action and environment/energy policy improvements on carbon emissions in four pilot countries – India, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines – by addressing the key gaps in information, awareness and action at the legislative level and providing legislators with reliable data/analysis on air-quality.

AQA's projects are based on the convening power of parliament. Parliamentarians are powerful public advocates for clean air - nationally and internationally. They attend international high-level meetings as official participants, who can put issues on the record and propose language in negotiations.

Legislators are also responsible for national implementation of legislation with air-quality parameter oversight. As the decision-makers on national budgets and development assistance they will decide how and to what extent the air-quality SDGs are financed and hence implementable.