SY002-0009
Building capacity for service delivery: Air quality training for stakeholders in the Lower Mekong region

Monday, 7 December 2020
Poster
Farrukh Chishtie1, Pawan Gupta2, Aekkapol Aekakkararungroj3, Thannarot Kunlamai4, Biplov Bhandari4, Kittiphong Phongsapan3, Chinaporn Meechaiya4, Miguel Laverde5, Susantha Jayasinghe5, Amanda (Weigel) Markert6, Timothy Mayer7, Githika Tondapu8, Ashutosh S Limaye9, Peeranan Towashiraporn5 and David Saah10, (1)Spatial Informatics Group, LLC, Alameda, CA, United States, (2)Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Asian Disaster Prepapredness Center, Climate Chnage and Climate Risk Management, Bangkok, Thailand, (4)Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand, (5)Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, SERVIR-Mekong, Bangkok, Thailand, (6)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (7)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (8)NASA SERVIR - USRA, Huntsville, United States, (9)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, SERVIR Science Coordination Office, Huntsville, AL, United States, (10)University of San Francisco, Environmental Science, San Francisco, CA, United States
Abstract:
Rising air pollution and related health impacts are a key concern across the globe. Populations in Asia, and in particular Southeast Asia are experiencing a rapid increase in health and environmental impacts due to poor air quality. In the winter of 2018, Thailand experienced a record-breaking rise in PM2.5 levels which affected a vast section of the population including major cities. Towards addressing these growing impacts along with relevant stakeholders, the SERVIR-Mekong team initiated discussions with Thailand Pollution Control Department (PCD) which have resulted in joint agreements on the delivery of capacity building and an air quality management system which utilizes in-situ measurements and satellite data. As part of this service delivery, the first capacity building workshop was held in the summer of 2019. This first workshop was for remote sensing and GIS experts at the SERVIR-Mekong and the wider Asian Disaster Preparedness (ADPC) team. This 5-day workshop was designed to not only provide background knowledge to the participants, but was also integrated with material relevant for service delivery for PCD with hands on training with case studies. As a result of this effort, the Thai PCD will be provided a similar training this year which will also take into account user feedback on the air quality management system designed by the technical team. With such services planned across the Lower Mekong region stakeholders, capacity building is also anticipated. As such, this presentation will detail this workshop and will relay key lessons learned including the alignment of service delivery with capacity building in meeting needs of present and future stakeholders.
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