Webinar series
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a common language and standardized framework for measuring progress across social, economic, and environmental goals. As custodial agency for all air pollution related SDGs, WHO engages directly with countries’ National Statistic Officers and focal points from the Ministries of Health, Energy and Environment, in a formal process, to regularly update SDG3.9.1 (mortality attributed to ambient and household air pollution), 7.1.2 (population access to clean fuels and technologies) and 11.6.2 (annual mean levels of fine particulate matter). The publicly available data supports regions and countries in monitoring progress towards achieving the WHO air quality guidelines, especially those with limited data availability.
The webinars aims to:
- Launch and present new data for SDG3.9.1, 7.1.2 and 11.6.2.
- Highlight countries involvement in the monitoring and reporting processes for the SDGs.
- Spotlight long-term trends in air pollution and regional plans to tackle this significant burden.
- Provide examples of how data can be used for policy and decision making
- Showcase national initiatives such as improving air pollution and health monitoring and strengthening air quality standards to align with WHO air quality guidelines to protect public health.
Agenda (AM session)
Language: English
Welcome remarks
Heather Adair-Rohani, Technical Officer, Climate Change, Air Quality and Health Unit, WHO
Opening remarks
The importance of tracking change through the SDGs for monitoring progress
Bruce Gordon, Director, a.i., Environment, Climate Change, One Health and Migration, WHO
Data you trust from the formal SDG framework
Sophie Gumy, Technical Officer, Climate Change, Air Quality and Health Unit, WHO
Heather Adair-Rohani, Technical Officer, Climate Change, Air Quality and Health Unit, WHO
How WHO collects health data for Global Health Estimates
Bochen Cao, Statistician, Department of Data, Digital Health, Analytics and AI, WHO
Long-term trends in SDG data are important to track long term impacts and policy progress
Josselyn Mothe, Technical Officer, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region
National stories that highlight what air quality progress looks like
Dr Norlen Bin Mohamed, Head of Environmental Health and Climate Change Sector, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Q&A
Closing remarks
Diarmid Campbell, Unit Head, Climate Change, Air Quality, Energy and Health
Agenda (PM session)
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Welcome remarks
Sophie Gumy, Technical Officer, Climate Change, Air Quality, Energy and Health
Opening remarks
The importance of tracking change through the SDGs for monitoring progress
Bruce Gordon, Director, a.i., Environment, Climate Change, One Health and Migration, WHO
Data you trust from the formal SDG framework
Kerolyn Shairsingh, Technical Consultant, Climate Change, Air Quality, Energy and Health
How WHO collects health data for Global Health Estimates
Bochen Cao, Statistician, Department of Data, Digital Health, Analytics and AI, WHO
Long-term trends in SDG data are important to track long term impacts and policy progress
Juan Castillo, Regional Advisor, Climate Change & Environmental Health, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
National stories that highlight what air quality progress looks like
Eliane Ignotti, General Coordinator of Environmental Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health, Brazil
Q&A
Closing remarks
Diarmid Campbell, Unit Head, Climate Change, Air Quality, Energy and Health