International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations

The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA) is an international federation of civil society organisations concerned with air pollution. IUAPPA, founded 1964 at the urging of the US Air Pollution Control Association,[1] has 40 national organisations such as; the United States (Air and Waste Management Association), Germany (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure) and Japan (Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry) and has networks and representatives in most others countries. The Foundation is seen as one milestone in the "Ecological Revolution" in and around 1970.[1]

IUAPPA (International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations )
Formation1964–65, Buenos Aires
TypeNon-governmental organization
PurposeEnvironmentalism, air pollution, sustainable development
HeadquartersBurgess Hill, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Region served
Worldwide
Kil-Choo Moon
Richard Mills
Main organ
International Board
Websitewww.iuappa.org.org
RemarksSee article for more details on formation.

Focus

The focus of IUAPPA is "the development and implementation of more effective policies for the prevention and control of air pollution, the protection of the environment and the adoption of sustainable development".[2] IUAPPA wants to achieve the adoption and effective implementation of policies which can secure a clean and healthy atmospheric environment, together with scientists, policy-makers, regulators, business and citizen groups with this same objective.

The Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum was initiated by IUAPPA and the Stockholm Environment Institute.[3] European Federation of Clean Air and Environmental Protection Associations (EFCA) was founded by the core of European members of the International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations, IUAPPA [4]

Governance

The IUAPPA secretariat is in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, United Kingdom. The president is Kil-Choo Moon of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and the director general is Richard Mills.[5][6] IUAPPA is governed by an International Board which consists of the President, Vice-Presidents, Immediate Past President and Honorary Treasurer, together with one authorised representative from each Full Member of the Union.

Partners and Members

IUAPPA is a partner of UNEP Climate and Clean Air Coalition[7] and has worked close together over the past decades with UNEP and WHO.[8][9]

Selected Members

  • Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • Commission on Air Pollution Prevention of VDI and DIN – KRdL, Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft im VDI und DIN - Normenausschuss KRdL[10]
  • Japanese Union of Air Pollution Prevention Associations (JUAPPA), Nihon Taiki Kougai Boushi Dantai Rengoukai[11]
  • Environmental Protection UK, formerly National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection - NSCA[12]
  • Air & Waste Management Association[13]
  • Cercl'Air, Switzerland, Service de l'environnement[14]
  • The Swedish Clean Air Society[15]

World Clean Air Congress

The World Clean Air Congress, first organized by IUAPPA in 1966, is held every two or three years. It is one of the major international gatherings on atmospheric sciences and policy with 1.500 participants. Some of the more recent congresses are;

  • the 16th IUAPPA World Clean Air Congress, Many Nations – One Atmosphere: Plotting the Path to Sustainability was held at the Cape Town, with a call on South African industry to show leadership and comply with emission standards.[16] Delegates at the 16th congress heard mostly poor South Africans were exposed to pollutants.[17]"The people that are exposed to the smog are almost always the people that cannot afford to pay the doctors' bills for bronchitis, asthma or, worse, lung cancer," Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said in a speech.[18]
  • the 17th IUAPPA World Clean Air Congress, Mega Cities Perspective, Healthier and Greener Future, to be held in Busan, Korea in 2016[19]

Resolutions and Declarations

Ever since it was founded in 1964 the Union has had a long-term interest in the relationship between air pollution and the earth's climate. Policy declarations in 1989 were one of the first to focus on climate change. The focus in 1995 was on the changing Arctic landscape and pollution. In 2001 it was worldwide action on long-range transport of air pollution. 2010's focus was One Atmosphere.[20]

Awards

In collaboration with the International Academy of Science, Munich the Union offers the Thomas Kuhn Award for a new understanding of problems of sustainability or the applied transfer of such new solutions and the Yuan T. Lee Award for multi-disciplinary or cross-disciplinary work which relates to the natural and psycho-sciences in pursuit of sustainability.[21][22]

Publications
  • Ranjeet Sokhi (ED.): World Atlas of Atmospheric Pollution. The World Atlas was developed in conjunction with the International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA) and the Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum.
  • IUAPPA Three Year Review: 2007 - 2010 (PDF)
  • Over 1000 IUAPPA related publications (Google scholar).

References
  1. Joachim Radkau: The Age of Ecology. Wiley, 2014
  2. "Statutes IUAPPA". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  3. "Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum". Stockholm Environment Institute. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  4. "About EFCA". European Federation of Clean Air and Environmental Protection Associations. Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  5. "New IUAAPA President (korean)". Hello DD, Koreas Nr. 1 in Science and Media. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  6. http://www.jsme-fed.org/events/2011/AJK2011/documents/Biography_Dr.KC.Moon.pdf
  7. "Clean Climate and Air Colaition". UNEP. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  8. "Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director Speech" (PDF). IUAPPA Newsletter 2004. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  9. Salonen, Raimo O. (1995). "Health program of the 10th World Clean Air Congress". Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 21 (6): 527–530. JSTOR 40966454.
  10. "Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft im VDI und DIN - Normenausschuss KRdL". VDI. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  11. "JAPANESE UNION OF AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION ASSOCIATIONS". JEMAI. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  12. "Home".
  13. "Home". Air & Waste Management Association.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2015-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Energi- & Miljötekniska Föreningen".
  16. "IUAPPA 2013 - Home".
  17. "Poor hurt most by pollution: Molewa". eNews Channel Africa. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  18. "Conference calls on SA to clean up over air pollution". news24.com. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  19. "17th IUAPPA World Clean Air Congress 2016".
  20. Press release. "IUAPPEPA calls for absracts for World Congress" Check |url= value (help). news, thomasnet.com. Thomasnet.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  21. "Hope for the Future for a Sustainable World Award". International Academy of Science. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
  22. "Awards & Honours". IUAPPA.
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