20 June 2011: The Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Data Initiative, which is supported by the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) and the World Bank through its Development Grant Facility (DGF), is calling for data on air pollution, GHG emissions and related data and statistics for the transport and energy sectors from institutions, corporations, partnerships, forums and other groups.

The Air Pollution and GHG Emissions Data Initiative seeks to provide policy makers, development agencies and other stakeholders in Asia better access to air quality and climate change data to further enrich policy development activities and development interventions relevant to urban development as well as the energy and transport sectors. The Initiative is collecting data from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. The data will be analyzed and made available through the CitiesACT database. [CAI Press Release] [Climate Change Policy & Practice Story on the launch of the Clean Air Portal]