Nature Hack For Clean Air

History and Mission

Clean Air Asia was established in 2001 as the premier air quality network for Asia by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and USAID. Its mission is to promote better air quality and livable cities by translating knowledge to policies and actions that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from transport, energy, and other sectors.

Since 2007, Clean Air Asia is a UN recognized partnership of almost 250 organizations in Asia and worldwide and 8 Country Networks (China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam), and is supervised by a Partnership Council.

The Clean Air Asia acts as the Secretariat of the Clean Air Asia Partnership and is a registered non-stock non-profit organization headquartered in Manila, and with offices in Beijing and Delhi.

What Clean Air Asia Does

The Clean Air Asia (formerly Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities) is a registered UN Type II Partnership with more than 250 organizational members, eight Country Networks and the Clean Air Asia Center as its secretariat. Clean Air Asia’s mission is to Promote better air quality and livable cities by translating knowledge to policies and actions to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from transport, energy and other sectors.

Its projects and activities are aimed at achieving the following outcomes:

• Strengthened and harmonized regional and national and policies and standards
• Enhanced national and local frameworks for sound policies, programs and urban development
• Increased awareness and access to information, tools and partners

These projects and activities are categorized under four main programs:

• Air Quality and Climate Change
• Clean Fuels and Vehicles
• Green Freight and Logistics
• Low Emissions and Urban Development