The ACFA Publication

This issue of “In Focus” focuses on the results of the above-mentioned study, published in March this year by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as Monograph Volume 138.

This issue of In Focus reflects on the 2024 World Air Quality Report released by IQAir on 11-March 2025. This is the 7^th annual report from IQAir, which is a Swiss-based air quality technology company that seeks to empower individuals, organizations and communities to breathe cleaner air through information, collaboration and technology solutions.

In our first newsletter for the year we would like to share our views and thoughts on latest trends, developments and changes in global gasoline and ethers markets and their impact on regional supply & demand balances and product trade flows. This non-commercial review focuses on the main regulatory aspects and adjustments to production capacity in 2024/2025.  

In this newsletter we would like to share the key findings and recommendations of a detailed scientific report on “Enhancing India’s biofuels programme: Examining the role of Oxyfuels in India’s Clean Fuel transition”, which has been conducted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of India, in cooperation with the Asian Clean Fuels Association (ACFA). The report was initially released in 2023 and revised and updated in 2024.

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On June 26, 2024, after three years of information gathering, exchanges with stake holders and comprehensive research work, the China Chemical Environmental Protection Association (CCEPA) and the Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (SWCMC), in cooperation with the Asian Clean Fuels Association (ACFA), completed the high-level literature assessment on the in-water environmental risks of MTBE. The review, conducted by a panel of local and international experts, encompassed situation assessments at home and abroad as well as fieldwork on typical point sources or areas in mainland China. The Priority Controlled Chemicals List (PCCL) meeting successfully completed the final report and outcome of the project.

As part of the European Commission’s 2020 Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and the 2021 Zero-Pollution Action Plan, new road transport emission targets (Euro-7) were presented by the Commission on 10 November 2022. The Council adopted its position on 25 September 2023. The Council and the Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on 18 December 2023.

The Australian Government is introducing a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard. New Vehicle Efficiency Standards are common around the world to encourage vehicle suppliers to sell cleaner, fuel efficient cars that use less fuel, and to supply more low and zero emissions vehicles.

The COP28 summit in Dubai came to a close on 13-December 2023. The event was attended by around 85,000 participants, including more than 150 Heads of State and Government. An enormous number of representatives of national delegations, civil societies, businesses, Indigenous Peoples, youth organizations, philanthropists, and other international associations were in attendance at the 2-week long conference. 

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Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in its global epicentre South Asia, even as China fast improves, according to a recent study conducted by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (Epic)...