Opinion: Insights into updating Ambient Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC

Joel Kuula; Hilkka Timonen; Jarkko V. Niemi; Hanna E. Manninen; Topi Rönkkö; Tareq Hussein; Pak Lun Fung; Sasu Tarkoma; Mikko Laakso; Erkka Saukko; Aino Ovaska; Markku Kulmala; Ari Karppinen; Lasse Johansson; Tuukka Petäjä

doi:10.5194/acp-22-4801-2022

Opinion: Insights into updating Ambient Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC

Joel Kuula^*
, Hilkka Timonen
, Jarkko V. Niemi
, Hanna E. Manninen
, Topi Rönkkö
, Tareq Hussein
, Pak Lun Fung
, Sasu Tarkoma
, Mikko Laakso
, Erkka Saukko
, Aino Ovaska
, Markku Kulmala
, Ari Karppinen
, Lasse Johansson
, Tuukka Petäjä

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As evidence of adverse health effects due to air pollution continues to increase, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently published its latest edition of the global air quality guidelines (World Health Organization, 2021). Although not legally binding, the guidelines aim to provide a framework in which policymakers can combat air pollution by formulating evidence-based air quality management strategies. In the light of this, the European Union has stated its intent to revise the current ambient air quality directive (2008/50/EC) to more closely resemble the newly published WHO guidelines (European Commission, 2020). This article provides an informed opinion on selected features of the air quality directive that we believe would benefit from a reassessment. The selected features include discussion about (1) air quality sensors as a part of a hierarchical observation network, (2) the number of minimum sampling points and their siting criteria, and (3) new target air pollution parameters for future consideration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4801-4808
Number of pages	8
Journal	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Volume	22
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4801-2022
Publication status	Published - 12 Apr 2022
Publication type	A2 Review article in a scientific journal

Funding

Financial support. This research has been supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program (grant agreement no. 101036245) within the framework of the RI- URBANS (Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial AreaS) project; Business Finland and participating companies via the CITYZER (project nos. 3021/31/2015 and 2883/31/2015) and BC Footprint (project nos. 528/31/2019 and 530/31/2019) projects; the European Regional Development Fund Urban Innovative Actions initiative (HOPE – Healthy Outdoor Premises for Everyone; project no. UIA03-240); the Regional Innovations and Experimentations (AIKO) funds, governed by the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council (project no. HAQT, AIKO014); Academy of Finland Flagship funding (grant nos. 337549, 337551, and 337552); and the Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation Urban Air Quality 2.0 project.

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Kuula, J., Timonen, H., Niemi, J. V., Manninen, H. E., Rönkkö, T., Hussein, T., Fung, P. L., Tarkoma, S., Laakso, M., Saukko, E., Ovaska, A., Kulmala, M., Karppinen, A., Johansson, L., & Petäjä, T. (2022). Opinion: Insights into updating Ambient Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(7), 4801-4808. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4801-2022

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