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Clean air in Sri Lanka: summary of progress on improving air quality [1]

Air quality management (AQM) is still a major challenge in Asia. The fast growing Asian economies and continued urbanization have increased the demand for mobility and energy in the region, resulting in high levels of air pollution in cities from transport, industry and other sources. This report presents an update on the efforts and progress to improving air quality in Sri Lanka, which also focuses on related areas, most importantly health, climate change, transport and energy management. This
report also presents: trends in air quality and climate change; The Clean Air Network of Sri Lanka, including main achievements and challenges; and Responses to address air pollution in Sri Lanka including policies, programs/projects, training courses, and several case studies of concrete actions.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities [2]
Tags:
Air Pollution [3], Health Effects [4], Urban Air Quality [5], RSPM (PM 10) [6], Carbon Dioxide [7], Air Quality Management [8], Climate Change [9], Green House Gases [10], Transport [11], Sri Lanka [12]
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