Air quality (Air pollution)

Interpretation of theme:
Is item of theme:	Air pollution

Related overviews

• Key policy issues overview displays the components and their Key policy issues organised by policy theme.
• Policy interventions overview displays policy interventions organised by policy theme.

Air quality (Air pollution) associations

Policy themes are used to classify Key policy issues and policy interventions. The tables below contain the issues and interventions associated with theme item Air quality (Air pollution).

Associated Key policy issues and their components

Component	Description
Air pollution and energy policies	How do energy policies contribute to economic and social development, and how do they support or hamper a more sustainable future?
Air pollution and energy policies	How can the goals for affordable, clean and reliable energy be achieved taking into account possible synergies and trade-offs?
Emissions	How will emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants develop in scenarios with and without policy interventions, such as climate policy and air pollution control?
Emissions	What synergies between climate policy and air pollution control can be identified?
IMAGE framework summary	How could global environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and air pollution evolve?
IMAGE framework summary	What are the consequences of these changes for international targets for biodiversity protection (addressed by the CBD), climate change (UNFCCC) and human development (addressed by the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals)?
Livestock systems	What are the impacts of increasing livestock production on land use, greenhouse gases and other emissions to air and surface water?

Associated policy interventions, their components and the affected components

Policy intervention	Description	Implemented in	Affects component
Energy tax or subsidiy	Changing the prices through energy tax or subsidy for the various energy carriers influences the choice of technology and thus the level of emissions.	Energy supply