The Day aims to:
1. Raise public awareness at all levels—individual, community, corporate and government—that clean air is important for health, productivity, the economy and
the environment.
2. Demonstrate the close link of air quality to other environmental/ developmental challenges such as – most and foremost – climate change and the global Sustainable Development Goals.
3. Promote and facilitate solutions that improve air quality by sharing actionable
knowledge best practices, innovations, and success stories.
4. Bring together diverse international actors working on this topic to form a
strategic alliance to gain momentum for concerted national, regional and
international approaches for effective air quality management.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution to hold an International
Day of Clean Air for blue skies on December 19, 2019, during its 74th session and
invited the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) to facilitate the observance of the International Day, in collaboration with other relevant organizations. The Climate and Clean Air Coalition ( CCAC ) worked with UNEP and the Republic of Korea to advocate for the day in the lead up to the decision.