ambient air quality

29 November 2019

EU Commission to get tougher on air quality laggards – Fitness Check concludes

Brussels, 29 November 2019 – The European Commission has published its conclusions on the Fitness Check of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive, at the Clean […]

6 March 2020

EU governments admit they need to do more to improve air quality

EU environment ministers have accepted that more needs to be done to ensure European air quality standards are met across the continent. Civil society groups welcomed […]

27 June 2023

European Parliament wants solid and fair air law

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has taken the first step towards protecting air quality by supporting an ambitious set of compromise amendments to the European Commission’s […]

13 September 2023

Parliament Votes For Cleaner Air, But WHO Alignment Is Delayed

Today, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) paved the way towards better air quality, but unfortunately did not commit to WHO air quality guidelines by 2030, […]

9 November 2023

Member States set to undermine proposed air quality legislation, warns civil society

Civil society warns that the Council of the EU’s position on the proposed Ambient Air Quality Directives (AAQD) disregards science and weakens ambition for legislation that […]