Peshawar Clean Air Alliance

Peshawar Clean
Air Alliance

Overview

The Peshawar Clean Air Alliance (PCAA) is a 100+ member strong volunteer association of civil society groups and individuals sharing a common vision of air quality for Peshawar.

A CLEANER AND HEALTHIER AIR ENVIRONMENT IN PESHAWAR

Progress

SEED is supporting this Alliance to build a consensus on lowering the Air Quality Index score substantially and sustainably for the Peshawar district and its surrounding areas. With a vision statement and a draft work plan, the Alliance has collected over 17,000 signatures on an online petition jointly filed by SEED and PCAA. Currently, three high-quality monitors set up by PCAA, are collecting data on air quality in Peshawar.

The Peshawar Clean Air Alliance launched its report on Status of Air Pollution in Peshawar.

The report was launched to address the voids in data, pertinent indicators, and analyze evidence to provide input for a Peshawar Air-Quality Management Plan (PAQMP).

We launched a report on the ‘Status of Air Pollution in Peshawar'. It is the first-ever city-level study on air pollution in Pakistan.

The report highlights the urgent need to expand the monitoring capacity of Peshawar, to increase public awareness and enable precautionary measures.

For the report launch of the Status of Air Pollution in Peshawar, university students designed creative posters.

The SEED Programme and Peshawar Clean Air Alliance (PCAA) signed an MOU with The Bank of Khyber to procure and install air quality monitors on its selected branches throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These will become part of PCAA’s monitoring network, and the data will be available at https://pcaakp.org.

The SEED team called on the Secretary Climate Change, Forest, Environment & Wildlife Department to discuss the way forward on ongoing climate change and environment interventions.

Website, research studies & workshops

Enhancing the alliance

SEED intends to further enhance PCAA through an active media campaign, workshops, and seminars to build a consensus on policy reforms and mobilising investment in air pollution mitigation. The EPA, Health Department, Peshawar municipal government, and business leaders will be part of the consensus.

The following activities have been carried out to further enhance PCAA:

Development of a website (visit website) and social media pages (facebook, twitter) for PCAA on the impact of air quality in Peshawar and KP.

Visit www.pcaakp.org to view the Peshawar Clean Air Alliance official website.

A workshop, research study, and report were launched on the status of air pollution in Peshawar. After the seminar, the report was also presented to key stakeholders and relevant departments in the Government of KP.

Northwest General Hospital and Research Centre (NWGH) and the Peshawar Clean Air Alliance (PCAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly address air pollution in Peshawar on 5th June, 2023 on the occasion of World Environment Day.