Warsaw, the city with the most air pollution monitoring sensors in Europe

Birmingham, the UK's second largest city, and Warsaw, the capital of Poland, have taken decisive steps to tackle air pollution by taking the first step to monitor air quality through Airly, which will install its sensors in these cities. This makes Warsaw the city with the most air pollution monitoring sensors in Europe.

Warsaw, Poland's largest city, will have a large network of air pollution monitoring sensors, making it the European city with the highest density of sensors. Airly sensors will monitor air quality in 165 locations in real time, 24 hours a day. The devices will monitor the concentration of the most harmful substances - PM1, PM2.5, PM10 - and gases - NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) and O3 (ozone).

Birmingham and Warsaw join Hong Kong, Jakarta, Oslo and Granada in partnering with Airly (and Airly Public in Warsaw) to tackle air pollution.

Airly offers a SaaS solution for monitoring and controlling air quality. This is made possible by a network of distributed sensors that provide hyperlocal and real-time air quality data. They provide air quality data that can be used for decision-making. Enabling users to analyse trends and sources, develop specific initiatives to combat pollution and track improvements.

"Airly is the first step towards pollution-free cities and communities," commented Wiktor Warchałowski, CEO of Airly. "These were competitive bids and we are delighted to serve municipalities and their communities to help tackle the world's biggest killer - air pollution - which reduces life expectancy by 3 years worldwide."

According to the EEA's latest estimates, 307,000 people died prematurely from exposure to fine particle pollution in the EU in 2019. At least 58%, or 178,000, of these deaths could have been avoided if all EU Member States had met the new WHO air quality guideline level of 5 µg/m3. As part of the European Green Deal, the EU's action plan on pollution reduction sets a target of reducing the number of premature deaths from exposure to fine particles by more than 55% by 2030 compared to 2005.