The founder of a company supplying air quality monitors based in Thailand said: “For a city like Bangkok, losing a registered grade sensor is a big deal. There are way too few of these high-quality reference stations in a lot of global south countries. … That’s affecting a lot of global health impact studies.”
Date: 6/26
Region: East Asia & Pacific
Country: Thailand
Topic: Climate & Environment, Health
Policy Lens: Climate & Resource Pressure
Entry Type: Field Observation
Additional Context: This quote was collected as part of The Aid Report’s original reporting, “‘Why did the US State Department stop sharing air quality data?” This feature story examines how the U.S. has stopped publicly sharing air quality data collected at embassies around the world, leaving many countries without trusted pollution measurements.
This quote is attributed to Achim Haug, founder of AirGradient, which supplies affordable and accurate air quality monitors globally. When the U.S. Global Air Quality program ended, more than 70 diplomatic posts in over 50 countries — including in Thailand — stopped providing the trusted, independent pollution data that many relied on. Globally, only 64% of countries monitor air pollution at all, and just 27% make that information publicly available and transparent.
Source: Devex