Welsh Government to tackle air quality in Wales

The Welsh Government will lead a debate on tackling air quality in Wales.

They will look at the following ways to improve air quality in Wales.

a) a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) framework to ensure the consistent and effective implementation of clean air zones by local authorities, wherever they are needed;

b) improvements to local authority reporting on air quality issues in their areas and their plans to deal with them;

c) the establishment of a national air quality assessment and monitoring centre for Wales, to advise local and national government on the extent of poor air quality and the effectiveness of current and future actions;

d) the delivery of an on-going air quality campaign and other interventions to raise public awareness of poor air quality and to change behaviour.

Friends of the Earth Cymru says urgent action is needed.