23 April 2025 – Bangkok, Thailand

In 2022, ESCAP Member States adopted a Regional Action Programme on Air Pollution, and UNEP Member States in 2024, a resolution on Promoting Regional Cooperation on Air Pollution to Improve Air Quality Globally, which both include increased cooperation and knowledge-exchange on air quality through online cooperation platforms, among others. EANET’s long-standing monitoring activities are being promoted in these multilateral platforms.

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What is the RAPAP Partnership and Coordination Platform?

Adopted in 2022 at the 7th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Committee on Environment and Development (CED7), the Asia-Pacific Regional Action Programme on Air Pollution (RAPAP)  aims to promote clean air for all in Asia and the Pacific through various action areas including air quality management, air quality monitoring and data sharing, best practices, capacity building and multilateral cooperation. In the Ministerial Declaration of the CED7, one of the RAPAP’s ojective is: “To establish an open regional platform for the exchange of information and best practices on air pollution challenges and solutions, as may be deemed necessary and appropriate by members and associate members of ESCAP”. The RAPAP Partnership and Coordination Platform was established following this Ministerial Declaration and formally launched during the Fifth Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership (APCAP) Joint Forum in March 2025 in Yokohama, Japan.

Showcasing National Plans, multilateral mechanisms, stakeholders list, resources, live air quality data and events, the platform is a repository for air quality actions and tools in Asia and the Pacific. The Live Air Quality Monitoring page links to various regional and global platforms including from the European Space Agency (ESA), the Air Quality Index China (AQICN), and the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) Republic of Korea, among others.

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What is AQMx?

The 6th edition of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in February and March 2024 adopted a resolution on Promoting Regional Cooperation on Air Pollution to Improve Air Quality Globally which encourages Member States to continue their efforts to improve air quality by working on national air quality programmes and standards. Through this resolution, Member States requested UNEP’s Executive Director to form an air quality cooperation network to raise awareness on air pollution’s impacts and on the importance of mitigation actions, supporting capacity building and collaboration. It also referred to building an updated global online platform for information-sharing and communication on air quality.

Following this, the Air Quality Management Exchange Platform – AQMx – was developed by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), as a component of the CCAC Clean Air Flagship, in response to the need to build capacity on air quality management worldwide and to provide tools to support governments, in line with UNEA’s resolution on Promoting Regional Cooperation on Air Pollution to Improve Air Quality Globally. The platform is mainly composed of two parts: a Resources Exchange Library and the “Curated Guidance” section which aims to, in its first stage, provide a “top 10” list of actions for air quality managers to prepare a comprehensive air quality management planning.

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How is EANET monitoring data promoted?

EANET data is shared in the AQMx Resource Exchange Library where users can access the EANET monitoring page and download the EANET Data Reports.

In the RAPAP Platform, EANET is presented in the Multilateral Mechanism section of the platform which includes an overview of the EANET and various resources such as EANET data and reports.

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The launch of the RAPAP and AQMx platforms reflects growing regional and global and  efforts to strengthen cooperation on air pollution. By promoting long-standing efforts such as EANET’s monitoring activities across multiple platforms, these frameworks not only enhance transparency and capacity building but also reinforce the collective commitment of countries to tackle air pollution and protect public health and the environment.

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Access EANET Data on the EANET Monitoring Data page.

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Photo credits: white clouds over blue mountain (2021) by Praveen Thirumurugan; all other images: all rights reserved to CCAC and ESCAP.