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Ref.: C.L.19.2025
Baseline assessment survey on air quality actions to protect health
The World Health Organization (WHO) presents its compliments to Member States and
has the honour to inform them of the progress made with regard to the updated road map for an
enhanced global response to the adverse health effects of air pollution adopted by the
Director-General at the 156th session of the Executive Board in January 2025. 1 The updated
road map included provisions on expanding the knowledge base, measuring progress,
institutional capacity-strengthening, leadership and coordination. It also proposes a voluntary
target to address the health impacts of air pollution from 2025 to 2030, to progress towards the
achievement of 2021 WHO Air Quality Guidelines (AQG) and their interim targets for
particulate matter.
WHO would also like to recall resolution WHA68.8 (2015), 2 urging Member States to
contribute to the collection and utilization of data relevant to the health outcomes of air quality,
and to ensure that health concerns are integrated into relevant policy processes.
WHO would also like to report on the success of the Second Global Conference on Air
Pollution and Health (c.f. C.L.46.2024) which took place in Cartagena, Colombia at the end of
March 2025. 3 As part of the conference, Member States were invited to pledge to achieve a 50%
reduction in the health risks from anthropogenic air pollution by 2040 as well as to commit to
key actions to achieve that target. WHO invites Member States still considering joining the
pledge and committing to other concrete actions for clean air and better health to do so by filling
the form at: https://breathelife2030.org/commit-clean-air/.
In order to better understand where Member States stand in their journey to the attainment
of the voluntary target, as well as the 2021 WHO Air Quality Guidelines and their interim targets
for selected pollutants, 4 WHO is hereby inviting Member States to participate in a survey to
assess air pollution action from the health and other sectors. Please note that this survey is
the first step towards a joint monitoring framework by the United Nations system, namely WHO,
the World Meteorological Organization, and the United Nations Environment Programme, while
1
https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB156/B156_24-en.pdf.
2
Resolution WHA68.8 “Health and the environment: addressing the health impact of air pollution”,
(http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA68/A68_R8-en.pdf).
3
https://web.cvent.com/event/61ed4b57-38c5-4b6a-8560-7f0e56ce1d27/summary.
4
World Health Organization. (2021). WHO global air quality guidelines: particulate matter (PM2.5 and
PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. World Health Organization.
https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/345329.
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exploring the inclusion of others relevant entities. The results of this survey will lead to a better
understanding of where Member States are, so as to inform how the United Nations system can
improve advice and guidance on managing the health consequence associated with air pollution.
Member States are invited to disseminate the survey within the Ministry of Health
and/or relevant governmental bodies, such as meteorological, environmental, energy, education
or industry agencies. Multiple entries per country are allowed and will be reconciled. The
responses to the questionnaire will be compiled in aggregated form and analysed by WHO. The
deadline for submitting the completed online questionnaire is 31 July 2025. The assessment
survey is accessible here in its English version at:
https://extranet.who.int/dataformv6/index.php/332797?lang=en
Questions and comments on the survey can be sent to Mr Abraham Mwaura, Project Officer,
HQ/Air Quality, Energy and Health at
[email protected]. Upon request, translations of the
assessment survey in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian are also available in a digital
format (PDF).
The World Health Organization takes this opportunity to renew to Member States the
assurance of its highest consideration.
GENEVA, 16 June 2025
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Dear Member States of the World Health Organization,
Please find attached, in the six official languages, C.L.19.2025 regarding
the baseline assessment survey on air quality actions.
Should you have questions regarding C.L.19.2025 please send an email to
[email protected] <mailto:
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Best regards,
Department of Governing Bodies
World Health Organization
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