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Outputs

1. Ethiopia

Output i): Sensor Deployment

 In 2019, UNEP installed 5 air quality monitors in collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change (MEFCC), at the Addis Ababa Environmental Protection and Green Development Commission (EPGDC) office, the US Embassy in Addis Ababa, the International Community School (ICS), court of appeal and Addis Ababa City Mayor’s office.

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The objective of a joint USEPA-UNEP air quality management workshop, held on 23-25 September 2019, was to understand how air quality measurement using various techniques (ranging from reference equipment e.g. BAM at US Embassy to low-cost sensors to be deployed for this project) can support air quality policy goals. During the workshop, UNEP led a hands-on training course on air quality sensors at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Stadium and the Addis EPGDC offices. Participants were taken through first-level air quality data analysis and interacted hands-on with several air quality monitoring devices.

1. Uganda:

Output i): Sensor deployment

In 2019, UNEP deployed 1 sensor in the vicinity of the Kampala US Embassy. The device is collocated with a variety of sensors from different groups actively working on air quality monitoring in Kampala. This includes a local group, AirQo from Makerere University who collocated their device on 25 July. Twenty-five Clarity Sensors (five in each administrative district) were purchased by the Kampala Capital City Authority in consultation with UNEP.

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At a project inception of the regional air quality and health assessment workshop in Kampala on 16th July 2019, lead project partners from UNEP, ECI, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), and other stakeholders discussed air quality monitoring and health impact research and, national air quality management initiatives in Uganda. At the workshop, UNEP provided a training on the application and deployment of low-cost air quality sensor. (See workshop report in annex 1).

1. Costa Rica:

Output i): Sensor Deployment

The project team worked with the local partners, the Ministry of Environment and the Costa Rican Meteorology Laboratory (LACOMET), to facilitate the deployment of a sensor alongside a weather station in San Jose. In 2019, an air quality monitoring device was delivered to Costa Rica by UNEP was installed at a reference station located at the RECOPE (Costa Rican Petroleum Refiner) for collocation studies.

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