Press release 39/2025 from 18.11.2025 | Last changed: 04.12.2025
Clean Air at a Glance: UBA Publishes New Air Quality Index and Updated App
… and to incorporate the current guidelines of the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) and the EU Air Quality Directive into the assessment. Dirk Messner, President … groups such as children, older adults, and people with respiratory diseases, who are particularly sensitive when air quality worsens. Key updates to the AQI at a … Risk-equivalent derivation for all pollutant classes Methodological basis rooted in WHO guidelines and latest evidence on disease prevalence and mortality Updated …