Our Centre Director Prof Lidia Morawska, is named co-chair of the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air, an initiative led by the International WELL Building Institute to combat the worldwide indoor air crisis, announced at the #UNGA2025 this week.
As co-chair, Prof Morawska will help lead the Commission in advancing a Global Framework for Action and catalysing the development of national blueprints to strengthen IAQ efforts around the world.
The Commission will:
👆 Elevate a global call to action that places healthy indoor air at the forefront of public health and policy priorities.
📢 Build global awareness by highlighting the urgent human and economic costs of unhealthy indoor air.
⭐️ Establish a Global Framework for Action with clear prescriptions across key pillars of market transformation.
🏙️ Catalyse country-specific National Blueprints in collaboration with local stakeholders.
🖥️ Livestream also available via UN Web TV from 3:30pm EDT 23 September / 5:30am AEST 24 September.
The Commission’s Global Framework for Actionwill be released by the end of 2026, alongside National Blueprints published on a rolling basis.
👉 Find more information on the Commission, visit: https://www.wellcertified.com/global-commission-on-healthy-indoor-air-working
⬇️ Download overview: https://a.storyblok.com/f/52232/x/145cf8658d/global-commission_one-pager.pdf
The Australian Academy of Science, Burnet Institute, Brown University School of Public Health, Australian Research Council (ARC), QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
