Air quality

The air quality working group supports the activities of citizen science communities working on air quality across Europe, and encourages them to learn from each other. Our main collaborative purpose is to organize the annual European Clean Air Day, on which citizen scientists can find and join activities to monitor air quality in European cities.

As well as organizing European Clean Air Day, our objectives are to:

• scale up existing methods for monitoring air quality using citizen science approaches across Europe, and focusing efforts towards the annual European Clean Air Day
• connect existing citizen science initiatives, facilitate the sharing of information and document the different monitoring and engagement approaches
• improve our understanding of citizen sensing, including aspects of citizen science engagement, communication and science-policy interaction
• engage more citizens in Europe in air-quality monitoring and increase awareness about air pollution and its related health issues
• become a collaborative platform where scientists, technologists, grassroots movements, NGOs, citizens and other interested actors can share knowledge on citizen science for air quality.