“To contribute to improving air quality in Asian mega cities while contributing to climate change mitigation by using the Clean Development Mechanism”.



CURB-AIR focuses on air pollution as the main environmental issue for cities, and considers CDM a window of opportunity for financing implementation of clean energy technology.



Objectives

The project seeks to achieve the overall goal of utilising the synergies of climate change and air quality measures through CDM by:

•  Initiating concrete air quality - CDM projects in p art nership with local governments and other stakeholders

•  Enhancing the knowledge base on policy options for using the co-benefits of climate and air quality measures through CDM

•  Capacity enhancement and awareness raising on synergies between climate and air quality measures among all stakeholders

•  National, regional and international exchange of knowledge and experience on the co-benefits approach