Partnership for Clean Indoor Air | Indoor Air Quality | Air

The international Partnership for Clean Indoor Air was launched at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development to address the increased environmental health risk faced by more than 3 billion people in the developing world who burn traditional biomass fuels indoors for cooking and heating. According to the World Health Organization, their increased exposure results in an estimated 1.6 million premature deaths each year, largely among women and children. The mission of the Partnership is to improve health, livelihood, and quality of life by reducing exposure to air pollution, primarily among women and children, from household energy use.

The Partnership is focusing on four priority areas:

Social/Behavioral Barriers;
Local Market Development;
Technology Design and Performance; and,
Impact Assessment.

Download our fact sheets:

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English (PDF, 2 pp, 148KB) [EPA 402-F-06-058, June 2006]
Spanish (PDF, 2 pp, 214KB) [EPA 402-F-05-001-S, May 2005]
Chinese (PDF, 2 pp, 1.09MB) [EPA 402-F-05-001-C, 2005]
French (PDF, 2 pp, 140KB) [EPA 402-F-06-055F, April 2006]

For more information, and to become a partner, please visit www.PCIAonline.org

To learn more about the U.S. Government's Sustainable Development Partnerships go to www.sdp.gov

To find out how to order any of the facts sheets, see How to Order.

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