Publication details
Publisher: European Topic Centre on Human Health and the Environment (ETC HE)
Year: 2025
Doi: doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15781194
Arkiv: hdl.handle.net/11250/5339265
Archive: nva.sikt.no/registration/019b98338d86-e2d3f67a-7b01-4f95-ab94-1af926dcfb5c
Summary:
The European Air quality index has been updated and now its bands take into consideration the World Health Organization global air quality guidelines, published in 2021. A subindex per pollutant is calculated based on hourly data (including for PM, for which running 24-hours averages were considered before) and on the risk of short-term mortality. The worst pollutant subindex categorizes the index. The health messages linked to the different index categories remain unchanged.