2024
e-ASIA JRP “e-ASIA Joint Research Program” for the project “Climate change adaptation to smoke haze for improved child health in Southeast Asia”. This interdisciplinary research project aims to assess the effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions for strengthening community resilience to smoke haze in Southeast Asia and increasing their adoption and implementation in the region to protect children’s health. The project takes an integrated and multisectoral approach to manage the interrelated factors of adaptation interventions, such as early warning systems, clean air rooms, and targeted public health information, in culturally appropriate ways that promote their acceptance and implementation in local communities. The AIT subcontract is responsible for the air quality modeling, development of air pollution early warning system, and integrated air quality data system.
2023
AFD sponsored the “Air Quality Improvement Program in Thailand – AQIP”, 2023-2025. The project is coordinated by Egis with three consortium partners including AIT, Citepa, and AirParif. The project aims to provide program management and transversal technical advisory, support to develop activities led by the Pollution Control Department (PCD) of the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment (MoNRE), support to develop activities led by the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) of Ministry of Transport (MoT), and support to develop activities led by Chiang Mai Municipalities & Province. The AIT subcontract is responsible for the data theme (emission inventory), and capacity-building program for the Thai government.
2022
USAID-Nepal funded “USAID Clean Air” – a five-year program that aims to improve air quality in the Kathmandu Valley”, 2022-2026. The project is coordinated by FHI 360 with four consortium partners including the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), the Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO), and One to Watch Company. The AIT activities are designed mainly to achieve Objective 1 “Improve government capacity at all levels and willing to drive evidence-based policy formulation, enforcement and implementation that influences air quality” and supporting Objective 2 “Improve civil societies and citizen engagement and knowledge on air pollution issues to advance public interest and government and private sector accountability for improving air quality” and Objective 3 “Enhance private sector involvement and investment in addressing air pollution issues”. In addition, AIT partially supports the Cross-cutting of all Objectives to provide technical inputs into the research and monitoring, evaluation, and learning agendas. Overall, AIT activities are conducted to contribute to the project goal of “Improved air quality in the Kathmandu Valley approaching national ambient air quality standards leading to improved health and educational outcomes”.