26 June 2024 FAO’s AFFIRM project participated in an air quality management workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand, last month, which represented a significant opportunity to scale-up the project’s profile in the region. The event aimed to enhance international cooperation on air pollution in Asia and drew 212 participants from 32 countries, including representatives from academia, government, youth groups, NGOs, the private sector, and UN agencies. [more]

17 June 2016 Wildfires in Indonesia continue to recur and generate enormous impacts within the country as well as in the region on human health and well-being, trade and transport. The World Bank Indonesia Economic Quarterly December 2015 reported that the fires have constrained GDP growth and cost “an estimated IDR 221 trillion – more than twice the reconstruction cost after the 2004 Aceh tsunami” - Emerging research carried out by Indonesian and US academic institutions has provided refined estimates of the emissions from peat fires, suggesting less overall GHG emissions and identifying additional gases that pose health risks [more]