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Empowe ing communi ies wi h open ai quali y
da a and ools
cs ,con , 9 Sep embe 10, 2025
Bologna
Russ Biggs - Di ec o o Technology
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Ai pollu ion is ubiqui ous
99% o he wo ld’s popula ion b ea hes
unheal hy ai
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Ai pollu ion is deadly
On a e age, we lose 2 yea s o li e-expec ancy
due o poo ai quali y. The deadlies
en i onmen al heal h haza d.
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Ai pollu ion ha ms some mo e han
o he s.
In a eas mos affec ed by ai pollu ion, up
o 8 yea s o li e expec ancy a e los .
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Access o da a is essen ial o add essing ai
pollu ion and imp o ing ai quali y
36% o coun ies a e no moni o ing ai
quali y a all; o e 1 billion people
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By p o iding uni e sal access o ai quali y da a,
OpenAQ empowe s a global communi y o
changemake s o sol e ai inequali y.
By agg ega ing and ha monizing publicly a ailable ai quali y da a in a
one-s op, ee, anspa en and open-sou ce da a pla o m.
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Da a on OpenAQ
○PM2.5
○PM10
○Sul u Dioxide (SO₂)
○Ni ogen Dioxide (NO₂)
○Ca bon Monoxide (CO)
○Black Ca bon (BC)
○Ozone (O₃)
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Da a on OpenAQ
G ound based
Ambien
High esolu ion (hou ly)
Concen a ion alues (ppm, ppb, µg/m³, e c.)
Openly licensed (CC BY 4.0 o mo e libe al)
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Da a on OpenAQ
135 coun ies
20,000 moni o ing loca ions
120 da a p o ide s
2,000,000,000 measu emen s
1,500,000 new measu emen s daily
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OpenAQ Py hon SDK
async and sync API
Typed dese ialized objec s
Da a enginee ing ocus
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OpenAQ R
Typed da a ame ou pu s
Buil -in plo ing
Da a analysis and explo a ion
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Funde s suppo ing ou ision o a wo ld whe e e e yone b ea hes heal hy ai , enabled by uni e sal access o da a:
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@openaq
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