Air Quality Management Exchange Platform (AQMx)
Description
AQMx is the Air Quality Management Exchange Platform, an online “one?stop shop” designed to build capacity among air quality managers worldwide. Led by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and UNEP, it provides curated guidance, technical tools and models, data resources, and case studies covering core aspects of air quality management—such as monitoring, emissions inventories, source attribution, health impact assessment, legal frameworks, and sector?specific mitigation in areas like transport, household energy, agriculture, and waste. The platform is aimed especially at low? and middle?income countries and is structured to help governments and practitioners design and implement strategies to meet WHO Air Quality Guidelines and interim targets.
Questions this resource can help answer
What are the essential building blocks of an effective air quality management system for my city or country?
How do I design or improve an air quality monitoring network with limited resources?
What methods and tools can I use to develop or update an emissions inventory?
Which sectors (transport, households, industry, agriculture, waste) offer the most impactful and feasible emission reduction measures in contexts like mine?
How can I estimate and communicate the health benefits of proposed clean air actions?
What laws, regulations, or institutional arrangements have other countries used to strengthen air quality governance?
How do I use this resource?
To use AQMx effectively, start at the homepage and choose a topic area that matches your current need—such as air quality monitoring, emissions inventories, health impact assessment, or sector-specific mitigation (transport, households, agriculture, waste). Within that topic, follow the stepwise structure (intro –> methods –> tools –> case studies) to get both conceptual guidance and practical resources. Download key guidance documents and tool links for your stage of work (e.g., designing a monitoring network, building an inventory, developing a clean air plan), and bookmark relevant case studies from countries or cities similar to yours to use as models in your own planning, policies, or funding proposals.
Pro tips
-Start with the Air Quality Management cycle/overview section to see where your country or city is in the process, then pick the next logical step.
-Use case studies from regions with similar capacity and economic context to find realistic approaches and policy designs.
-When exploring tools (e.g., inventory or modeling tools), note data requirements and skill levels before committing, so you choose something feasible.
-Treat AQMx as a curriculum: use its topic pages and key documents to train new staff or cross-sector partners.
-Revisit the platform periodically; use it as a checklist to make sure your air quality plan covers monitoring, inventories, health, legal frameworks, and sector actions.
