Moldovan acting PM says space data on air's pollution useful for planning policies in sector

Chisinau, 12 February /MOLDPRES/ - Acting Prime Minister Aureliu Ciocoi today participated in the regional launch of the COVID-19 impact report on the air pollution for Moldova and Ukraine, along with Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleg Uruskyi and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Assistant Administrator of UNDP, and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Mirjana Spoljaric, the Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry’s (MAEIE) press service has reported.      

The participants in the event unveiled the joint study of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Space Agency, which provides information on the impact of the pandemic on the air quality in Moldova and Ukraine.  

In his speech, Aureliu Ciocoi pointed out that the decision-makers and practitioners had a new perspective as regards the policies on environment and in the health sector. At the same time, the study shows that, in case of Moldova, the level of air pollution is regarded as relatively low as compared to other European states and observes, to a great extent, the limit of the orientations as to the air quality, provided by the World Health Organization.  

The prime minister stressed also the critical composition for the elaboration of development policies and namely the access and use of data, especially in the context of the crisis triggered by the pandemic. Ciocoi underlined the need to use new sources of data to improve the awareness about the situation and speed up the recovery.   

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