[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
The Cork City Air Quality Dashboard (www.corkairquality.ie) provides live air quality monitoring statistics from each of the above 11 monitoring stations and is open to the public. In October 2022, more than 700 citizen scientists took part in the Clean Air Together (Cork City) project. The successful study, which relied on the engagement of the citizens of Cork City, measured levels of the harmful air pollutant Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) across all areas of the city and suburbs. The results of the study were presented at a public event, hosted by Cork City Council on 22nd February 2023. The project was led by the EPA and An Taisce’s Environmental Education Unit with the support of Cork City Council’s Air Quality Team. The United Nation’s International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies (Clean Air Day) was celebrated for the first time in Cork on 7th September 2023. Highlights of the day included a light show at Cork City Hall, an air quality information hub hosted in the Library on Grand Parade, a lunch-time cycle to Fitzgerald’s Park and an evening time Clean Air Day Roundtable discussion in City Hall. Cork City Council invited residents to participate in reducing air pollution on Clean Air Night (24th January 2024) by reducing solid fuel burning in their stove or fireplace, or by lighting fires a little later in the evening. Participation in the event was voluntary and is part of ongoing initiatives to raise awareness around the wider health issues of air pollution.
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