Qatar’s air quality monitoring system the best in region

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) has made remarkable achievements to protect air quality in the country. The mos...

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) has made remarkable achievements to protect air quality in the country.

The most important achievements are the establishment of the national network for monitoring air quality and the implementation of a national plan to monitor air quality around areas of environmental pressure and areas of important activities such as the FIFA World Cup 2022 and other such mega events.

In an interview with The Peninsula, Director of Monitoring and Environmental Inspection Department Hassan Al Qasimi at MoECC, said that the ministry has an early warning system and has established a unit for monitoring and analysing air quality data.

He said that to measure and know air quality, there are stations dedicated to monitoring air quality that operate according to international standards and are approved by specialised international bodies.