The National Air Quality Agenda 2031 (Arabic, PDF, 500 KB) provides a general framework to lead and align federal and local government entities and the private sector to monitor and effectively manage air quality and reduce air pollution for a healthy and safe environment.

The agenda sets out trends, initiatives and projects that will be launched in the coming few years to address air pollution in four focus areas:

• ·outdoor air quality
• indoor air quality
• ambient odour
• ambient noise.

To achieve its targets, the National Air Quality Agenda outlines key enablers, which include:

• establishing a clear and robust policy and an institutional framework
• enhancing technical and human resource capacities
• promoting scientific and academic research
• leveraging advanced technology
• facilitating access to financial resources.

The agenda is built upon three pillars:

• monitoring – this refers to the actual measurement of air pollution and related parameters
• mitigation – this involves a broad range of existing, planned and required actions that will be taken to reduce levels of pollutants and exposure to it
• management – these involve measures that will allow for interventions and initiatives to be effectively implemented, tracked and controlled to reach the overall goal of improved air quality.

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