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C40 Clean
Air Cities
Declaration
Planned Actions to
Deliver Commitments
C40 1
London
• Create a zero emission zone in cen- • Use educational materials, cam-
tral London in 2025 in line with the paigns and the LLAQM to raise
C40 Green and Healthy Streets Dec- awareness about and help improve
laration indoor air quality, as well as use the
planning system to reduce exposure
• Operate a London-wide Non-Road through design measures to prevent
Mobile Machinery Low Emission poor outdoor air quality entering a
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Zone which uses planning conditions building.
or local codes of practice to ensure
that machinery used on construction
sites has more modern low-emission
engines.
DECLARATION COMMITMENT INTENDED ACTION/APPROACH TO MEET COMMITMENT Publicly report annually on our • Commit to work with C40 to com-
progress in reducing pollution lev- plete requested information as part
els relative to targets and achiev- of declaration reporting process, as
ing the commitments in this decla- outlined in the C40 Clean Air Cities
Within two years, establish base- London has committed to an ambi- The city maintains a fixed-site “con- ration. Technical Note.
line levels and set ambitious reduc- tious target of meeting the World tinuous” monitoring network of over
tion targets for air pollutants that Health Organization guidelines by 100 locations as part of the Local
meet or exceed national commit- 2030, which would exceed, for some London Air Quality Management
ments. pollutants, both European Union and Framework (LLAQM). Real-time and SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
United Kingdom air quality stan- historical data is available for partic- TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS
These targets will put us on a path dards. ulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, ozone,
towards meeting World Health Or- and sulphur dioxide. We have also re-
ganisation Air Quality Guidelines cently delivered the Breathe London Implement new policies, enforce The amount of money committed to • Making sure we no longer license
for particulate matter, nitrogen di- project to augment the fixed-site strong regulations, prioritise re- tackling the capital’s air quality cri- new diesel taxis from 2018 and sup-
oxide, ozone, and sulphur dioxide. network with 100 new hyperlocal sources, and build necessary ca- sis has significantly increased over porting the trade to upgrade to
sensors and new monitoring data pacity and skills to achieve am- five years. Transport for London’s much cleaner ‘zero emission capa-
from Google Street View cars. bitious reductions in air pollution Business Plan in 2018, for example, ble’ vehicles;
source sectors that are within our included roughly £800 million to
control. deliver far-reaching programmes to • Introducing 15 Low Emission
Before 2025, implement new sub- Around half of London’s air pollu- • Procure only hybrid or zero emis- address the threat to health from Neighbourhoods (LENs), involving
stantive policies and programmes tion is caused by road transport and sion buses (currently over 200 elec- poor air. Examples of intended ac- boroughs and a range of local busi-
to address the top causes of air there is no way to make a massive tric buses in the fleet) with the ob- tions include: nesses. The LENs and the other proj-
pollution emissions within our city improvement to London’s air quality jective to create a zero emission bus ects supported by the Mayor’s £22
and under our control. without taking the most polluting ve- fleet by 2037 at the very latest; • Introduced the world’s first ULEZ million Air Quality Fund are helping
hicles off the road. new substantive in April 2019 to help remove older tackle some of the worst pollution
policies and programmes include: • No longer license new diesel tax- polluting vehicles from central Lon- hotspots across London;
is and ensure all new taxis being li- don. The ULEZ boundaries will be
• Implement the Ultra Low censed are zero emission capable extended in 2021 to the North and • A £48 million fund to support
Emission Zone (ULEZ) – the world’s (over 2,000 electric taxis now li- South Circulars for all vehicles, and in scrappage schemes that will help
strictest standards for vehicular air censed in London); 2020 tougher emissions standards smaller business owners, sole trad-
pollution – in central London, cov- will be introduced London-wide for ers, charities and low income Lon-
ering an area of 21km2, 24 hours, 7 • Ensure all cars in GLA group sup- lorries, coaches and buses; doners make the switch to cleaner
days a week, (launched April 2019) port fleets (eg the police service) are vehicles and greener forms of trans-
and expand the zone to cover an zero emission capable by 2025; • Transforming London’s bus fleet port.
area of 381km2 in October 2021; by phasing out of pure diesel bus-
• Implement a new Electric Vehi- es and a commitment to purchase The Mayor is also taking forward a
• Strengthen the emission standards cle Charging Infrastructure Delivery only hybrid or zero-emission double number of initiatives to reduce pol-
for the London Low Emission Zone Plan, setting out how London will ex- decker buses from 2018, with the lutants from other sources, such as
in October 2020 to match the ULEZ, pand charging points, including the entire fleet becoming ‘zero emis- construction machinery and gas
covering the entire city (1,580km2); delivery of 300 rapid charge points sion’ by 2037 at the latest; boilers.
by the end of 2020 and new rapid
• Upgrade 5,000 older buses and charging hubs by 2025; • Introduced twelve Low Emission
deliver 12 Low Emission Bus Zones Bus Zones in areas where London-
outside central London (completed • Implement a vehicle scrappage ers are exposed to some of the high-
September 2019) to reduce bus NOx scheme to help low-income Lon- est levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
emissions by an average of 90 per doners and small businesses shift to pollution and working to ensure the
cent; cleaner vehicles (launched in Febru- entuire city is a Low Emission Bus
ary 2019); Zone by october 2020;
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SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS Conduct, expand, or collaborate • The Air Pollution Research in • APRIL identifies priority areas
with relevant institutions to in- London (APRIL) network was es- for research to improve air quality
crease research on the health im- tablished 20 years ago. It brings in London and other major cities,
pacts of air pollution, the benefits together scientists, policy makers supports the development of new
Integrate the relevant top pol- • The Mayor has set some of the • The Environment Strategy is also of air quality improvements, and and the wider air quality commu- scientific research and communi-
lution-reducing actions -- that most ambitious plans to tackle cli- integrated with an ambitious Trans- associated economic implications, nity for regular meetings to discuss cates the latest research findings.
are within our city and under our mate change in the world. Our aim port Strategy that aims to ensure and publish the results. research happening in London and APRIL is comprised of a number of
control -- into our Climate Action is for a zero-emission London by 80% of all trips in London are made the implications of new research on specialist groups focusing on vari-
Plans, such as: rapidly expanding 2050. This is integral to London’s by either walking, cycling or public London’s air quality and air quality ous policy areas which are directly
zero emission public transport, cre- first integrated Environment Strate- transport by 2041. The Transport policies. Meetings are held approx- affected by air pollution, including;
ating low or zero emission areas, gy, which was published in 2018 to Strategy can be found at https:// imately every two~ three months at emissions, monitoring and model-
supporting walking/cycling, im- bring together air quality, climate www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/ City Hall, hosted by the Greater Lon- ling, transport, health impacts, ur-
plementing vehicle restrictions or mitigation and adaptation, waste, transport/our-vision-transport/ don Authority. ban development, and synergies
financial incentives/disincentives green infrastructure, noise and the mayors-transport-strategy-2018. with climate policies. Meetings are
(e.g. road or parking charging), re- circular economy. open to the public and coordinated
ducing truck, non-road machinery • The new London Plan – our spatial and arranged through the Chairs of
and city owned vehicle emissions, • The London Environment Strat- strategy for the city – includes pol- the different groups.
cleaning up construction sites and egy was one of the first city plans icies that reduce exposure to exist-
equipment, reducing industrial published to be compliant with the ing poor air quality through design
emissions, reducing emissions from highest ambition of the Paris Agree- and mitigation strategies as well as Raise awareness of air quality to • The Mayor and Transport for Lon- • Polling reveals more than
wood burning, expanding afford- ment and can be found at https:// requiring all new major develop- help vulnerable citizens reduce their don have delivered a coordinated three-quarters of Londoners (80
able access to clean energy for www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/ ments (including non-residential) to exposure, and to reduce the causes awareness campaign to ensure as per cent) and 90 per cent of driv-
cooking and heating, restricting e n v i ro n m e n t / l o n d o n - e n v i ro n - be zero carbon, including an energy of air pollution, such as traffic. many Londoners as possible are ers know something about poor air
pollution from solid waste burning ment-strategy. hierarchy and new energy efficiency aware of poor air quality and the quality and the ULEZ.
and expanding greening. target. The draft London Plan can ULEZ.
• The 1.5C Compatible Plan looks at be found at
the scenarios London can take, in- https://www.london.gov.uk/what- • Together the Mayor and TfL have:
cluding the relevant top pollution we-do/planning/london-plan Sent 3.3 million emails to registered
reducing actions, to reach the ze- users
ro-carbon target. The plan can be - Sent 600,000 letters to drivers
found at https://www.london.gov. - Spoken with 6,000 fleet oper-
uk/sites/default/files/1.5_action_ ators and more than 1,000 small
plan_amended.pdf businesses, charities and health
services
- Installed 300 road signs on the
Establish, maintain, increase, or • As part of the Breathe London • Kings College London delivered boundary of the zone and on key
contribute to reliable city-wide air network, London has begun rolling the wearable monitoring and citizen approach roads, as well as us-
quality monitoring, making data out a network of 100 fixed monitor- engagement portion of the proj- ing 140 variable message signs
publicly available in a timely man- ing sites, street by street mobile air ect and is currently evaluating the across London
ner or as close to real-time as pos- monitoring, and personal monitor- data. This pilot study will help Lon- - Developed an extensive ULEZ
sible and in an accessible format, in ing campaigns with school children. don assess the benefits of strate- website, which has been visited
coordination with relevant depart- Google’s Street View mobile moni- gies underway, identify new policies more than 1.8 million times
ments and institutions. tors started collecting baseline data and targeted intervention, generate - Issued posters and digital dis-
ahead of the ULEZ implementation, awareness and increase understand- plays, alongside print, radio, on-
and field co-locations of fixed sen- ing of how new monitoring methods line adverts and email newslet-
sors with reference grade equip- can lower the costs of air quality as- ters
ment – accessible real-time and his- sessments. - Created social media content
torical data was made available to
the public via the project website in
July 2019. Create, update, or work with rel- • The GLA and TfL work in partner- • The LAEI (London Atmospheric
evant institutions to ensure high ship to produce a comprehensive Emissions Inventory) is the key tool
quality emissions inventories, mod- set of air quality datasets in order for air quality analysis and policy
els, and analysis are available to to formulate evidence-based poli- development in London, including
describe where and how outdoor cy and guide boroughs as they im- geographically referenced data and
air pollution is formed in our city, prove air quality locally. maps.
both today and in the future.
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SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS
Work with and advocate for region- • Working with national govern- • Collaborating with UK govern-
al, state, supranational, and nation- ment, local boroughs, and the Euro- ment to achieve EU compliance
al government to take action on pean Union. and meet AQ standards, and influ-
sources outside our boundaries or ence air quality policy and measures
our control. e.g. providing fiscal incentives such
as vehicle excise duty and tackling
non-transport emission sources.
EXAMPLE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DELIVER THE COMMITMENTS
• The Mayoral and London transport agency’s budgets include funding that is allocated the delivery of the pro-
posals set out in his Environment and Transport Strategies. Currently around £800 million is available over a five
year period. Furthermore, he will work with partners to increase the flow of finance to support the delivery of
large-scale projects that address the environmental challenges that London is facing. For example, the Mayor
will use the Mayor’s £500 million Energy Efficiency Fund, supported by the European Commission, to support
energy efficiency and low carbon energy supply projects, and the Good Growth Fund of £20 million to provide
finance to those businesses seeking to scale-up and achieve their growth ambitions, as well as those aiming for
long-term sustainability.
The Mayor will also explore the role and use of low-cost financing and bulk purchasing, as well as innovative
products, such as green bonds and climate change ISAs, to help attract large scale institutional investment into
environmental projects.
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Amman
standards and upgrading transfer
stations with closed systems to elim-
inate odors and reduce emissions.
- Implementing new measures to re-
duce methane emissions from meat
production and cemeteries.
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Publicly report annually on our • Amman reports annually to C40 • Work with C40 to complete re-
progress in reducing pollution lev- on climate data and aims to build quested information as part of decla-
els relative to targets and achiev- on this to compare climate and pol- ration reporting process, as outlined
ing the commitments in this decla- lution data against targets based on in the C40 Clean Air Cities Technical
ration. Amman Climate Action Plan. Note.
DECLARATION COMMITMENT INTENDED ACTION/APPROACH TO MEET COMMITMENT
SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
Within two years, establish baseline • Amman is committing to increase the 22 districts, complementing the TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS
levels and set ambitious reduction air quality monitoring beyond that monitoring stations operated by
targets for air pollutants that meet conducted by the Royal Scientif- the Ministry of Environment. GAM
or exceed national commitments. ic Society and the Ministry of Envi- intends to create a comprehensive Implement new policies, enforce • Through the Amman Climate Ac- • Implementing Capacity Building
These targets will put us on a path ronment (6 stations currently within data centre which will include this air strong regulations, prioritise re- tion Plan, GAM has made great Programs that targets Urban Plan-
towards meeting World Health Or- Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) quality data. sources, and build necessary ca- steps in the collection and analysis ners and Transport Engineers about
ganisation Air Quality Guidelines borders) and in cooperation with the pacity and skills to achieve am- of climate data, setting Amman on the importance of emissions and its
for particulate matter, nitrogen di- Royal Scientific Society and the Min- • Amman is committing to using the bitious reductions in air pollution a good path to achieve its carbon relation to air quality and pollution
oxide, ozone, and sulphur dioxide. istry of Environment. To supplement next two years to set a new target source sectors that are within our reduction aims and building a more every 6 months.
monitoring, the Greater Amman Mu- that puts them on the path towards control. sustainable and resilient city. Am-
nicipality is committing to installing meeting the WHO guidelines. man aims to build on this to pro- • Adding a new strategic goal in the
and operating real-time, wireless, mote new projects with a solid un- strategic plan of GAM (2018-2020)
“low cost” air quality systems across derstanding of their benefits to the that ensures our commitment to re-
city. duce air pollution, achieved by dif-
ferent projects, processes, and ini-
Before 2025, implement new sub- • Amman will use emissions invento- - Reducing sprawl and private ve- tiatives at the sector of Districts and
stantive policies and programmes ries, monitoring data, and relation- hicle use through an intensification Environment of GAM.
to address the top causes of air ships with the research community, strategy for urban corridors along
pollution emissions within our city like the Royal Scientific Society, to BRT lines, to be completed by 2021.
and under our control. identify the top causes of air pol-
lution and target new policies and - Implementing policies that increase
initiatives. While some will be de- green space in exchange for devel-
veloped over the next several years, opment rights, implemented by 2022
examples include:
- By 2021, creating an incentive pro-
- Expansion of public transit through gram for industrial projects that im-
launching a Bus Rapid Transit Net- plement environmentally friendly
work by 2021. Amman aims to pur- systems.
chase the cleanest possible fuels,
including introducing electric buses - By 2022, Identification of Grey and
into the fleet as vehicles need to be Brown fields in Amman and devel-
replaced. oping a database to attract rehabil-
itation programs. Brown Fields are
- Expanding walkability, particularly a major contributor to air pollution,
in areas near stations to increase ac- they are contaminated sites, and
cessibility and reduce private vehicle GAM considers rehabilitating them
usage. as a priority.
- Improving transportation mo- - Improving the efficiency and re-
bility planning to account for air ducing emissions from with waste
quality and sustainable devel- management. This includes ensur-
opment, through development ing landfills are in compliance with
of its transport mobility plan. relevant national and international
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SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS Conduct, expand, or collaborate • GAM intends to participate in re- • Proposed study in cooperation
with relevant institutions to in- search carried out by the Royal Sci- with Ministry of Health to identi-
crease research on the health im- entific Society (unplanned). fy sites with the highest number
Integrate the relevant top pol- • GAM is on the path increasing sus- • Increasing the urban green areas pacts of air pollution, the benefits cases of respiratory diseases and
lution-reducing actions -- that tainable transport through its new within the city of Amman by about of air quality improvements, and • GAM intends to spread the mes- asthma in order to specify main pol-
are within our city and under our BRT network. The aim is to use elec- 500 donums yearly. associated economic implications, sage of the importance of improved lution problems and remedies (un-
control -- into our Climate Action tric vehicles when vehicles need to and publish the results. air quality and how this can be planned).
Plans, such as: rapidly expanding be replaced, approximately 10 years. • Completion of strategic projects achieved (unplanned).
zero emission public transport, cre- through 2018-2020 and expanding
ating low or zero emission areas, • Amman aims to improve the walk- or establishing major parks serving • Establish a research platform in
supporting walking/cycling, im- ability of areas around the BRT cor- multiple districts. collaboration with the medical in-
plementing vehicle restrictions or ridors, at strategic areas in the city. stitutions and professionals to con-
financial incentives/disincentives • Improving waste management: duct studies on the correlation be-
(e.g. road or parking charging), re- • Extra Development Rights in ex- Operation of the fifth cell in the tween location of patients and the
ducing truck, non-road machinery change of environmentally sound Ghbawi landfill to absorb 5 million prevalence/incidents of ailments di-
and city owned vehicle emissions, solutions, by incentivizing and en- tons of waste, considered one of agnoses caused by air quality.
cleaning up construction sites and couraging best practice in passive the leading environmental projects
equipment, reducing industrial design and green construction for in the Kingdom and the Arab world,
emissions, reducing emissions from commercial buildings. matching international standards Raise awareness of air quality to • A smart awareness campaign tar- • Implementing a number of aware-
wood burning, expanding afford- for waste treatment help vulnerable citizens reduce their geting all social media outlets and ness campaigns about the sources
able access to clean energy for • Controlling Urban Sprawl by im- exposure, and to reduce the causes popular public locations to inform of pollution, their health impacts,
cooking and heating, restricting proving integrated planning for • Expanding public transport allevi- of air pollution, such as traffic. the public about pollution and how and how to minimize or eliminate
pollution from solid waste burning denser, transit-oriented develop- ate traffic congestion. This includes can they contribute directly to im- them.
and expanding greening. ment and green infrastructure and the introduction of 286 buses by proving air quality.
behavior change towards increased 2020 operating with eco-friend-
public transport use. ly engines and connected tracking • Coordinating with official media
systems. A fast-frequency bus proj- partners to prepare awareness let-
• Implementing E-Government to ect and the joint link with the Am- ters to local communities, schools,
reduce traffic, through minimizing man-Zarqa express bus will be ready and universities. In addition to com-
daily commutes. before the end of the 2019. The uni- municating with private companies
fied operation of the fast-paced bus to send awareness messages to the
• Developing regulations to Nat- project will be completed the end of public through cell phones.
ural Heritage Systems (NHS) that 2020, supported by infrastructure
increase and preserve green space investments of 136 million dinars.
across the city. Raise awareness of air quality to • A smart awareness campaign tar- • Implementing a number of aware-
help vulnerable citizens reduce geting all social media outlets and ness campaigns about the sources
• Establish an Archival Data Center their exposure, and to reduce the popular public locations to inform of pollution, their health impacts,
to host all the outcomes of munic- causes of air pollution, such as traf- the public about pollution and how and how to minimize or eliminate
ipal works and academia that are fic. can they contribute directly to im- them.
directly related to Amman. (It will proving air quality.
include air quality datasets)
• Coordinating with official media
partners to prepare awareness let-
Establish, maintain, increase, or • Data is available from Ministry of • By 2022, GAM will begin using re- ters to local communities, schools,
contribute to reliable city-wide air Environment on a daily basis. GAM al-time observations with Artificial and universities. In addition to com-
quality monitoring, making data intends to extract and present it, in Intelligence (AI) predictions. The municating with private companies
publicly available in a timely man- collaboration with Ministry of En- comprehensive planning depart- to send awareness messages to the
ner or as close to real-time as pos- vironment, in a more visual way to ment at GAM is working closely with public through cell phones.
sible and in an accessible format, in reach and engage a wider audience. researchers on developing a tool to
coordination with relevant depart- aid with predictions from a planning
ments and institutions. • Amman is committing to expand perspective. Create, update, or work with rel- • GAM intends to update the GHG • Establish a Smart Data Center that
monitoring of air quality to include evant institutions to ensure high inventory to include air pollutants deals air quality in real-time for Am-
PM2.5, which is not currently mea- • The Amman urban observatory quality emissions inventories, mod- (unplanned). man in all 22 districts, and create al-
sured within the city. (AUO) will establish a website in els, and analysis are available to gorithms to predict the trajectories
order to publish the relevant and describe where and how outdoor • Establish an Archival Data Center of air quality over time through ma-
• The establishment of an advanced useful data to planners, decision air pollution is formed in our city, to host all the outcomes of munic- chine learning and AI.
– state of the art – data center is makers, and those interested in de- both today and in the future. ipal works that are directly related
aimed to be implemented in the Ur- veloping the city of Amman. to emissions and the impacts of air
ban Observatory at (GAM). quality in the 22 districts.
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SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS
Work with and advocate for region- • Department of the Environment is • Amman healthy city initiative to
al, state, supranational, and nation- coordinating with the Royal Scien- prevent non- communicable diseas-
al government to take action on tific Society and GAM may extend es (NCDs) and injuries, sponsored
sources outside our boundaries or collaboration when inventories are by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
our control. available.
• Enhance the support of both the
Ministry of Environment (MoE) and
the Ministry of Planning (MoP) to
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM)
in areas that affect Amman Dis-
tricts but fall under the jurisdiction
of The Ministry of Municipal Affairs
(MoMA). A good example for this is
Russeifa Lagoon Remediation Proj-
ect.
EXAMPLE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DELIVER THE COMMITMENTS
• Many projects are self-financed by GAM, some are sponsored by loans or funds from international organisations
such as Afd, the World Bank, EBRD, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the GIZ on behalf of the German Government,
and the Swiss Fund.
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Austin
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DECLARATION COMMITMENT INTENDED ACTION/APPROACH TO MEET COMMITMENT
Within two years, establish baseline Air quality standards for the City of current value is averaged at 68 ppb. Before 2025, implement new sub- In order to maintain and improve The City of Austin joined this plan
levels and set ambitious reduction Austin are determined by the Na- These values have led ground-level stantive policies and programmes outdoor air quality, reduce the im- effective December 21, 2018. As part
targets for air pollutants that meet tional Ambient Air Quality Stan- ozone (O3) values in the Austin area to address the top causes of air pacts of emissions and mitigate of this plan, the city made over thir-
or exceed national commitments. dard (NAAQS) developed by the to be considered “near nonattain- pollution emissions within our city health, environmental, economic and ty commitments to emission reduc-
These targets will put us on a path Environmental Protection Agency ment” for air quality planning pur- and under our control. social impacts of pollution, the 2019- tion measures, including strategies
towards meeting World Health Or- (EPA). As of 2017, the Austin-Round poses, and therefore the highest area 2023 Austin-Round-Rock-George- involving reducing single-occupancy
ganisation Air Quality Guidelines Rock-Georgetown Metropolitan Sta- for concern. town Metropolitan Statistical Area vehicle use, engaging in outreach
for particulate matter, nitrogen di- tistical Area (MSA) air quality level (MSA) Regional Air Quality Plan was to educate city employees and the
oxide, ozone, and sulphur dioxide. for each pollutant monitored by the While recent data indicates levels of developed. http://www.capcog.org/ public, and additional energy con-
Federal Reference Method (FRM) the most common pollutants meet documents/airquality/2019-2023_ servation, efficiency and clean en-
regulatory monitors as a percentage NAAQS guidelines, the highest an- Regional_Air_Quality_Plan.pdf ergy measures. These commitments
of NAAQS were as follows: 25% for nual mean for Particulate Matter and the city’s participation in the
annual NO2, 48% for 1-hr NO2, 99% and Ground-Level Ozone in the Aus- plan were approved by council reso-
for 8-hr O3, 80% of annual PM2.5, tin-Round Rock-Georgetown MSA lution on November 29, 2018.
57% of daily PM2.5, 43% of daily exceed World Health Organization
PM10 and 5% of 1-hr SO2. These val- guidelines. This data includes mea-
ues will serve as the baseline values surements from additional monitors Publicly report annually on our An annual air quality monitoring re- The City of Austin will work with C40
for pollutants from a regulatory per- that are not used for federal regula- progress in reducing pollution lev- port is drafted by the Capital Area to complete requested information
spective, as they represent the values tory purposes but are monitored by els relative to targets and achiev- Council of Governments, with whom as part of declaration reporting pro-
before the 2019-2023 Austin-Round- CAPCOG to provide enhanced data ing the commitments in this decla- the City of Austin has an Interlocal cess, as outlined in the C40 Clean Air
Rock-Georgetown MSA Regional Air of our local air quality. Because of ration. Agreement for monitoring, reporting Cities Technical Note.
Quality Plan was developed in late the additional available data, the val- and outreach. Further, as part of the
2018. ues provided below from 2018 pro- commitments outlined in the Austin
vide a more comprehensive overall MSA Regional Air Quality Plan, the
The 8-Hour O3 design value, calcu- baseline for improvements. Through City of Austin provides CAPCOG with
lated as the highest 3-year average the city’s commitments in the Re- an annual report on its Ozone Action
of the 4th highest daily maximum gional Air Quality Plan, Austin has Plan activities. Annual air quality up-
8-hour average O3 at a federal ref- a goal of continuing to improve air dates on ground-level ozone are also
erence method (FRM), that deter- quality and ensuring that we are not provided as a section in Austin Wa-
mines the standard for attainment just meeting, but exceeding NAAQS tershed Protection’s Annual State of
is currently set at 70 ppb. Based on and WHO guidelines. the Environment Report.
air quality monitoring for 2019, the
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SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS Establish, maintain, increase, or There are various air pollution mon- the more webpages as needed and
contribute to reliable city-wide air itors across the city and are either engaging in outreach efforts so that
quality monitoring, making data maintained by the Texas Com- residents are aware of the publicly
Implement new policies, enforce As part of the Austin-Round-Rock- The Office of Sustainability released publicly available in a timely man- mission on Environmental Quality available information and are in-
strong regulations, prioritise re- Georgetown Metropolitan Statisti- the Austin Community Climate Plan ner or as close to real-time as pos- (TCEQ) or the Capital Area Coun- formed of days with air quality fore-
sources, and build necessary ca- cal Area (MSA) Regional Air Qual- in 2015, which stated the city’s com- sible and in an accessible format, in cil of Governments (CAPCOG). The casts of concern.
pacity and skills to achieve am- ity Plan, the city made over thirty mitment to reach net-zero emissions coordination with relevant depart- TCEQ monitors are used for regula-
bitious reductions in air pollution commitments to emission reduction by 2050 and developed intermittent ments and institutions. tory purposes, while the CAPCOG As part of the city’s ongoing resil-
source sectors that are within our measures, including strategies in- targets for the pathway to reach monitors are used for monitoring, ience efforts and a grant received
control. volving reducing single-occupancy this target. This document is due information and outreach purposes. from USDN, the sustainability de-
vehicle use, engaging in outreach for a five-year revision, in which the The city will continue to work with partment has partnered with Austin
to educate city employees and the plan will focus on detailing various CAPCOG to maintain monitoring Fire Dept and the Office of Design
public, and additional energy con- targets for transportation electrifi- throughout the city and surround- and Delivery to create a prototype
servation, efficiency and clean ener- cation, net-zero new construction ing counties as needed. Addition- for a real-time smoke map, and out-
gy measures. buildings and additional measures. ally, alerts are set up to receive air reach associated in communities
As part of its Fuel Conservation quality monitoring updates daily. As more vulnerable to grassfires, which
As of April 2019, the City of Austin Policy, the City of Austin calls for part of their websites, both TCEQ occur frequently on the eastern
adopted the Austin Strategic Mo- employees to eliminate or reduce and CAPCOG provide daily air qual- crescent of the city.
bility Plan. Among outlining various idling in City vehicles and has sev- ity forecasts for anyone who visits
strategies to increase multi-modal- eral policies in place that include no their website. The city will aim to
ity in the city, the plan adopted a unnecessarily idling while parked expand the availability of this infor-
goal of 50/50 mode share by 2039, and anti-idling decal signage in the mation by exploring adding this into
where 50% of people walk, bike, passenger cabin of all City vehicles.
take transit or any other non-drive- The City of Austin has also imple-
alone mode to get to work. The cur- mented vehicle idling restrictions Conduct, expand, or collaborate The City of Austin works with local there is an institutional connection
rent percentage is 24%, so this is an through a series of city ordinances with relevant institutions to in- government under the Clean Air Co- across sectors that work to improve
ambitious increase that will help re- that prohibits heavy duty vehicles crease research on the health im- alition and attends regular meetings air quality across the city. Because
duce air pollution by targeting a re- from idling for longer than five min- pacts of air pollution, the benefits to both this organization and the of the connection with universities
duction in tail-pipe emissions. utes. The ordinance follows state of air quality improvements, and local non-profit, Clean Air Force of in the area, such as the University of
policy and has various exceptions associated economic implications, Central Texas (CAF). CAF is a coali- Texas in Austin, there is opportuni-
regarding the characteristics of the and publish the results. tion of local professionals, non-prof- ty to continue a collaboration with
vehicles impacted. its, private companies and univer- their research teams on air pollution,
sities in the area. Together, this health and equity.
organizations works to ensure that
Integrate the relevant top pol- As previously stated, the 2020 re- Additionally, Austin municipal utility,
lution-reducing actions -- that vision of the Austin Community Cli- Austin Energy, will be updating its
are within our city and under our mate Plan will incorporate measures Resource, Generation and Climate Raise awareness of air quality to As part of the 2019-2023 Aus- Further, the Community Climate
control -- into our Climate Action that are pivotal in improving air Protection Plan, which will outline help vulnerable citizens reduce their tin-Round Rock-Georgetown MSA Plan revision will focus on ensuring
Plans, such as: rapidly expanding quality. The five sections of the cli- the utility’s plans to move towards exposure, and to reduce the causes Regional Air Quality Plan, the city equity is a key piece of the process
zero emission public transport, cre- mate plan are as follows: transpor- an increased renewable energy mix of air pollution, such as traffic. will collaborate with CAPCOG to by recruiting representative com-
ating low or zero emission areas, tation electrification (electric vehi- and continue its work in increasing engage in outreach to enhance NOx munity organizers into the planning
supporting walking/cycling, im- cles, micro-mobility), transportation access to solar and energy efficien- reductions through programs like process. This will be part of an on-
plementing vehicle restrictions or and land use (focused on reducing cy measures. Commute Solutions, reduce expo- going effort to ensure the city is
financial incentives/disincentives single-occupancy vehicle use), new sure to O3, PM and NO2 by provid- working to engage with vulnerable
(e.g. road or parking charging), re- buildings (new construction net-ze- ing air quality forecasting, real-time populations.
ducing truck, non-road machinery ro carbon buildings, thermal elec- data and Ozone Action Day alerts.
and city owned vehicle emissions, trification.), natural systems (green
cleaning up construction sites and infrastructure, carbon sequestration
equipment, reducing industrial etc.) and consumption of goods (in-
emissions, reducing emissions from cluding food, construction materials
wood burning, expanding afford- and other goods/products).
able access to clean energy for
cooking and heating, restricting
pollution from solid waste burning
and expanding greening.
16 C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration C40 17
SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS
Create, update, or work with rel- The city will continue working with Protection Plan. Through the OOS’s
evant institutions to ensure high CAPCOG to ensure that it main- work on climate resilience planning,
quality emissions inventories, mod- tains monitoring of air pollution, and climate projections models were
els, and analysis are available to de- tracks changes across time regard- completed to determine the biggest
scribe where and how outdoor air ing where the biggest sources are impacts of climate change, which
pollution is formed in our city, both coming from, and how these may include heat, drought and wildfire,
today and in the future. shift or change. Additionally, the Of- which have potential implications
fice of Sustainability (OOS) will con- on air quality. The city will continue
tinue to engage in GHG emissions to work on monitoring changes and
monitoring and reporting and will planning to ensure that residents
continue to model potential future are aware of hazards and have the
scenarios based on policies imple- resources to protect their health
mented by departments like Austin and environment.
Energy through its updates on its
Resource, Generation and Climate
Work with and advocate for region- Through its Interlocal Agreement
al, state, supranational, and nation- with the Capital Area Council of
al government to take action on Governments, the City of Austin col-
sources outside our boundaries or laborates on a regional level as part
our control. of the Clean Air Coalition and its Ad-
visory Committee to be an advocate
for air quality measures along with
nearby cities and counties. Addi-
tionally, through our city council, the
city has passed resolutions in sup-
port of state funding for air quality
monitoring, reporting and outreach
measures.
EXAMPLE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DELIVER THE COMMITMENTS
• The City of Austin will be dedicating an estimated $370,283 in the Austin Transportation Department’s 2020
budget towards air quality initiatives. As needed, there are also potential grant opportunities to address commu-
nity health, climate mitigation and resilience work.
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18 C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration C40 19Barcelona
Before 2025, implement new sub- According to Barcelona’s latest emis- The Programme includes 58 actions,
stantive policies and programmes sion inventory (2013), up to 60% of such as a Low Emission Zone, prior-
to address the top causes of air the city’s NO2 came from road traf- itising walking or cycling transit ar-
pollution emissions within our city fic. Others important contributors to eas. Our city is developing actions to
DECLARATION COMMITMENT INTENDED ACTION/APPROACH TO MEET COMMITMENT and under our control. NO2 levels are the port, the airport, raise awareness of air quality across
and the industrial sector. As a con- the entire population, especially in
sequence, the City Council is imple- vulnerable groups (pregnant parents,
menting active actions to reduce the babies and children (Escola Respira
Within two years, establish baseline Baseline levels are set through the Barcelona has set the goal of reduc- fraction of public space dedicated (School Breathes) Programme), el-
levels and set ambitious reduction Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring ing road traffic emissions by 30% to vehicles. Fewer vehicles, less pol- ders, etc.).
targets for air pollutants that meet and Forecasting Network, which (from 2017 levels) in 15 years, to grad- lution and more quality of life and
or exceed national commitments. has 11 air quality monitoring stations ually comply with WHO air quality health. That’s the objective. A Low Emission Zone (LEZ) will be
These targets will put us on a path and is co-managed by the Govern- guidelines. In March 2019, the admin- established by Jan 1 2020, which
towards meeting World Health Or- ment of Catalonia and the Barcelona istration renewed its commitment to In November 2016, Barcelona pre- will cover almost the entire munici-
ganisation Air Quality Guidelines Public Health Agency. It measures reaching this goal, which was origi- sented the government measure, pality (95 km2) with the objective of
for particulate matter, nitrogen di- concentrations of more than 10 pol- nally set in 2017 as part of Barcelona “Programme of measures to combat banning the most polluting vehicles
oxide, ozone, and sulphur dioxide. lutants that are harmful to people’s Summit on Air Quality framework. atmospheric pollution,” gradually (Monday to Friday, working days,
health, including carbon monoxide, meeting WHO air quality guidelines from 7am to 8pm).
benzo[a]pyrene and heavy metals. and also the commitment with the
The monitors are located in places European Union (EU) to reduce pol- Barcelona’s LEZ also includes areas
that represent diverse street types. lution indices that exceed the Euro- of the surrounding municipalities of
Thus, the results can be extrapolat- pean regulatory thresholds, thus pro- Sant Adrià del Besòs, L’Hospitalet de
ed to other areas with similar urban tecting people’s health. Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat
conditions. and Cornellà de Llobregat:
20 C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration C40 21SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS
Implement new policies, enforce The City Council will quantify, for
strong regulations, prioritise re- example, the economic and health Raise awareness of air quality to The City Council is making such a A great example of that is the Es-
sources, and build necessary capac- benefits and impacts associated help vulnerable citizens reduce their big effort in order to raise aware- cola Respira (School Breathes)
ity and skills to achieve ambitious with introducing the actions de- exposure, and to reduce the causes ness of health impacts caused by air Programme, tailored to children
reductions in air pollution source scribed above. The more we can of air pollution, such as traffic. pollution. and babies: https://ajuntament.
sectors that are within our control. quantify the benefits from imple- According to that, important com- barcelona.cat/qualitataire/en/qual-
mentation of pollution-reducing ac- munication campaigns have been itat-de-laire/com-es-lluita-con-
tions, the more effective implemen- launched, addressed especially to tra-la-contaminacio/escola-respira
tation of future actions will be. vulnerable citizens.
Integrate the relevant top pollu- Our Climate Plan 2018-2030 gives It includes both short term (2018- Create, update, or work with rel- The City Council has its own emis-
tion-reducing actions -- that are an integrated overview of the mea- 2020) and medium-long term evant institutions to ensure high sion inventory (last version: 2013).
within our city and under our con- sures to tackle climate change, in- (2021-2030) objectives and strate- quality emissions inventories, mod- However, we are currently working
trol -- into our Climate Action Plans, cluding strategies for achieving the gic measures. It has 4 strategic axes: els, and analysis are available to de- on a new one (for 2017), which will
such as: rapidly expanding zero objectives of the new Covenant of mitigation, adaptation/resilience, scribe where and how outdoor air include data from the municipalities
emission public transport, creating Mayors for Climate & Energy, which climate justice and the promotion pollution is formed in our city, both adjacent to Barcelona, in collabora-
low or zero emission areas, support- Barcelona City Council has signed. of citizen action. In all those axes today and in the future. tion with AMB (Metropolitan Area of
ing walking/cycling, implementing the top pollution-reducing actions Barcelona). Collaboration with other
vehicle restrictions or financial in- (such as the introduction of Barce- institutions is essential, to get city-
centives/disincentives (e.g. road or lona LEZ) are integrated. wide relevant data and also data
parking charging), reducing truck, from the city’s boundaries.
non-road machinery and city owned
vehicle emissions, cleaning up
construction sites and equipment, Work with and advocate for region- Barcelona City Council is currently
reducing industrial emissions, re- al, state, supranational, and nation- working with the regional govern-
ducing emissions from wood burn- al government to take action on ment (Government of Catalonia),
ing, expanding affordable access sources outside our boundaries or AMB (Barcelona Metropolitan Area)
to clean energy for cooking and our control. and the Spanish Government in or-
heating, restricting pollution from der to implement successful actions
solid waste burning and expanding to reduce air pollution in urban ar-
greening. eas.
Establish, maintain, increase, or The Atmospheric Pollution Moni- https://analisi.transparenciacatalu-
contribute to reliable city-wide air toring and Forecasting Network is nya.cat/en/Medi-Ambient/Dades- EXAMPLE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DELIVER THE COMMITMENTS
quality monitoring, making data co-managed by the Government of d-immissi-dels-punts-de-mesura-
publicly available in a timely man- Catalonia and the Barcelona Public ment-de-la-Xar/uy6k-2s8r • For example, the financial resources available to implement the Low Emission Zone are about 2M€.
ner or as close to real-time as pos- Health Agency.
sible and in an accessible format, in
coordination with relevant depart- All the reliable resulting data is pub-
ments and institutions. licly available (almost in real-time) in
the following link, managed by the
Government of Catalonia:
Conduct, expand, or collaborate Barcelona City Council regularly
with relevant institutions to increase collaborates with both relevant sci-
research on the health impacts of air entific institutions and specialists in
pollution, the benefits of air quality management of air quality, such as
improvements, and associated eco- CSIC or ISGlobal. Resulting studies
nomic implications, and publish the and reports are published on our
results. website: https://ajuntament.bar-
celona.cat/qualitataire/en/actuali-
tat-i-recursos/studies-and-reports
22 C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration C40 23Berlin Before 2025, implement new sub-
stantive policies and programmes
to address the top causes of air
pollution emissions within our city
and under our control.
Berlin will implement bold measures
focusing on road traffic to meet NO2
WHO guideline levels by 2020/21.
Detailed in other sections, some of
these measures include:
Based on the baseline scenarios and
the target setting for 2030, we will
develop in 2022/23 an integrated
strategy on how to close the residual
gap between the baseline scenario
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and WHO guideline levels for PM10/
• Clean Vehicles, including electric PM2.5 by 2030. The main pillar of the
bus purchases, expansion of electric strategy will consist of Berlin-based
vehicle charging infrastructure, and measures, closely linked with the
heavy-duty diesel retrofits. planned revision of our Energy &
Climate Protection Programme and
• Changing public procurement to Berlin’s currently revised Mobility
require clean construction and vehi- Strategy.
DECLARATION COMMITMENT INTENDED ACTION/APPROACH TO MEET COMMITMENT cle technology
However, Berlin will also evaluate
• Ban of diesel vehicles below Euro the contribution from the nation-
VI in heavily polluted roads al/EU level to simultaneously curb
Within two years, establish baseline Berlin already meets the WHO Climate Protection Programme and the elevated regional background
levels and set ambitious reduction guideline level for sulphur dioxide its revised Strategic Urban Mobility • Promotion of sustainable trans- concentrations of PM2.5. Berlin will
targets for air pollutants that meet (SO2), since 2011. Plan 2030. In doing that, Berlin will portation, including non-motorized (hopefully coordinated with other
or exceed national commitments. also quantify its share of excess pol- transportation infrastructure invest- European C40 cities) lobby our na-
These targets will put us on a path Additional measures are needed to lution above WHO guidelines. Based ments. tional government(s) and the EU to
towards meeting World Health Or- meet WHO guidelines for particulate on these projections, Berlin will de- strengthen their own efforts and to
ganisation Air Quality Guidelines matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and NO2 fine by the end of 2021 feasible, but deliver the needed regulatory and
for particulate matter, nitrogen di- (equal to the EU air quality standard). ambitious reduction targets with financial boundary conditions for
oxide, ozone, and sulphur dioxide. NO2: Berlin’s new Air Quality Plan the aim of meeting WHO guideline Berlin (and other cities) to start im-
(AQP 2019) defines a comprehensive levels for PM10 and PM2.5 by 2030. plementing after 2023 the additional
suite of measures to ensure compli- Achieving this will require also action local measures identified in the inte-
ance with the EU AQ standard and beyond Berlin, given that more than grated urban AQ strategy.
WHO levels by 2020 (details given two-third of the particle pollution
below). stems from outside the city. Berlin
will work with the national govern- Publicly report annually on our Berlin will work with C40 to com-
Particulate Matter:, the AQP 2019 ment, EU institutions and city net- progress in reducing pollution lev- plete requested information as part
foresees some control measures works to ensure that the large-scale els relative to targets and achiev- of the declaration reporting process,
to secure the current attainment of background pollution is minimised ing the commitments in this decla- as outlined in the C40 Clean Air Cit-
the EU AQ standards. In addition, accordingly. ration. ies Technical Note.
Berlin will also develop a long-term
strategy to approach WHO guide- WHO ozone levels are still exceeded
line levels of PM10/PM2.5 by 2030. but cannot be effectively reduced by
In preparation for this strategy, Ber- local measures alone due to trans- SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
lin will update its emission invento- boundary/large-scale transport of TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS
ry by summer 2021 as an input for ozone and its precursor substances
subsequent model calculations to (VOC and NOx).
estimate PM10/PM2.5 levels in 2030 Implement new policies, enforce The new AQP 2019, adopted in Beyond this short-term focus on
under baseline assumptions, i.e. tak- strong regulations, prioritise re- July 2019, sets tangible measures mobility, we will start implementing,
ing into account Berlin’s Energy and sources, and build necessary ca- to swiftly curb NOx emissions from beginning in 2024, new integrated
pacity and skills to achieve am- diesel vehicles with the aim of re- measures within the future AQ strat-
bitious reductions in air pollution ducing city-wide NO2 pollution lev- egy in order to meet Berlin’s ambi-
source sectors that are within our els below the EU AQ standard/WHO tious self-commitments towards a
control. Guideline of 40 µg/m³ NO2 in the clean, healthy and climate-friendly
next 2 years. city.
24 C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration C40 25SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS EXAMPLES OF INTENDED ACTIONS AND APPROACHES
TO DELIVER THESE ACTIONS Conduct, expand, or collaborate While in the past Berlin’s efforts to phisticated assessment of the costs
with relevant institutions to in- improve the air quality have been and health benefits of potential
crease research on the health im- largely driven by non-compliance measures. Here, Berlin expects to
Integrate the relevant top pol- Berlin’s new AQP 2019 schedules (e.g. start building 5 new tram lines pacts of air pollution, the benefits with AQ standards, health impact take advantage of the work being
lution-reducing actions -- that about 40 measures, mostly set to by 2021, another 5 lines by 2026, ex- of air quality improvements, and assessment will become much more done in other C40 cities.
are within our city and under our drastically reduce NOx emissions tend the subway, light and regional associated economic implications, relevant in the future within Berlin’s
control -- into our Climate Action from road traffic within the next 2 train services, more attractive PT and publish the results. air quality strategy, with a more so-
Plans, such as: rapidly expanding years. Examples include: fares in combination with shared
zero emission public transport, cre- mobility services)
ating low or zero emission areas, - cleaner vehicle technology, for ex- Raise awareness of air quality to With the air quality modelling and air towards the WHO guidelines and
supporting walking/cycling, im- ample, the rapid purchase of 100 - massive expansion of the parking help vulnerable citizens reduce monitoring infrastructure in place, ensure a healthy living even in Ber-
plementing vehicle restrictions or electric buses by 2020, large invest- management zones with parking their exposure, and to reduce the Berlin has all the data and informa- lin’s buzzling central areas. This will
financial incentives/disincentives ments in city-wide charging infra- fees to 75% by 2021 and 100% by causes of air pollution, such as traf- tion available to enhance the aware- be an inherent part of the AQ strat-
(e.g. road or parking charging), re- structure, funding of the electrifi- 2025 of the central city area, plus fic. ness of the public, that further ac- egy.
ducing truck, non-road machinery cation of light commercial vehicles, increase of parking fees tion is justified to improve Berlin’s
and city owned vehicle emissions, the operation of 2/3 of the garbage
cleaning up construction sites and collection vehicle fleet with self-pro- - traffic management measures, like
equipment, reducing industrial duced renewable gas and retrofit of 30 km/h speed limits in additional Create, update, or work with rel- As indicated above, Berlin will con- strategy and to monitor the expect-
emissions, reducing emissions from 400 Diesel-buses and more than 33 main roads to mitigate air pol- evant institutions to ensure high tinue to update its comprehensive ed success of the measures stipulat-
wood burning, expanding afford- 100 heavy municipal vehicles with lution, noise and to enhance road quality emissions inventories, mod- database on emissions, source in- ed in the new AQP 2019 and other
able access to clean energy for effective NOx-catalysts safety; better traffic light synchro- els, and analysis are available to formation, air quality measurements initiatives.
cooking and heating, restricting nization combined with priority of describe where and how outdoor and model results, in order to under-
pollution from solid waste burning - clean public procurement by e.g. buses and trams and ultimately air pollution is formed in our city, pin the development of the future
and expanding greening. requiring construction machines both today and in the future.
working on public sites to have an - bans of Diesel vehicles up through
efficient Diesel-soot filter (reducing Euro 5/V emission standard in heav-
PM2.5 and climate forcing black car- ily polluted roads. For more details Work with and advocate for region- Berlin will continue to exert its con- level, where Berlin has been and will
bon) and by setting ambitious re- please consult https://www.berlin. al, state, supranational, and nation- stitutional powers as a Federal State continue to work actively in stake-
quirements for purchasing new ve- de/hauptstadtluft/en/ al government to take action on in the German Federal Council, the holder working groups set up by
hicles with hybrid-, battery-electric sources outside our boundaries or assembly of the German Federal the EU Commission, especially on
or fuel cell technology The future strategy will put more our control. States, which is a powerful platform the revision of the European AQ Di-
emphasis on reducing PM emis- to influence national policy making rective, together with the European
- the promotion of green trans- sions by continuing Berlin’s focus in particular on the environment. City networks EuroCities and Polis.
port modes stipulated by Berlin’s on “no Diesel without filter” and The same is true for the European
unique and brand-new Mobility Act, the control of climate-warming and
through e.g. 30-40 Mio € invest- health-threatening black soot emis-
ments per year earmarked for im- sions. In order to further curb parti- EXAMPLE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DELIVER THE COMMITMENTS
proving the bicycle infrastructure cle emissions from fossil fuel com-
(e.g. 100 km cycle highways, 50.000 bustion, we will exploit in the AQ • Around 400.000€/year is earmarked in Berlin’s budget to support air quality planning, including the strategy
new bike racks/year up to 2025, strategy to the extent possible the development. This covers for example updating emission inventories, funding of studies on the air pollution
dedicated cycle lanes in all main measures in Berlin’s Energy and Cli- sources, the impact of measures on the air quality, emission projections, scenario calculations and – in the future
roads), heavy investments in better mate Protection Programme 2030. – also on health impact assessment. An extra budget line exists to finance all the air quality-monitoring activities.
and more frequent public transport About 50 Mio € are dedicated to the implementation of measures of the new AQP 2019, except infrastructure
investments in green transport modes, which are underpinned by separate budget lines (like the 30-40 Mio/a
for cycling). Almost 100 Mio € is reserved until 2021 for funding the implementation of the Energy and Climate
Establish, maintain, increase, or Berlin has the densest network of tentially deploy them in pollution Protection Programme and additional climate adaptation measures.
contribute to reliable city-wide air NO2 and black carbon monitors in hotspots and locations representa-
quality monitoring, making data Germany, exceeding the legal re- tive of population exposure to as-
publicly available in a timely man- quirements by a factor of seven. sess pollution trends.
ner or as close to real-time as pos- For the past 20 years, Berlin has
sible and in an accessible format, in conducted extra passive sampling The results of the automatic con-
coordination with relevant depart- of NO2 and active sampling for ele- tinuous network is being published
ments and institutions. mental and organic carbon at more in real-time every hour and in the
than 20 traffic hot spots. Together form of air quality index values to
with regular, city-wide air quality help sensitive population groups to
modelling, down to the street can- reduce their personal exposure. An
yon level in all main roads, we have app for mobile phones will be devel- •
a full and reliable picture of the air oped to better reach out to younger
quality situation in the city. Berlin people and the growing users of so-
is currently testing small combined cial media.
PM10 and NO2 sensors and will po-
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