In Focus
August
2025
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.
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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.
In this second issue of “In Conversation with” we interviewed Bjarne Pedersen, Executive Director of Clean Air Asia, who shared his views on the future role and challenges of Clean Air Asia.
In this issue of "In Focus" we are pleased to share with our readers an important report by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) regarding the positive effects of upgrading regular gasoline to higher octane grades of 95 RON and above for better fuel economy performance.
In our first edition of "In Conversation" for 2014, we start with Clarence Woo, Executive Director of ACFA, whom we would like to thank for sharing with us his experiences over the past 11 years in ACFA as well as his thoughts and views for the future.
No matter what report and statistic one looks at, the major Asian cities are still ranked high in the top quartile of the most pollutant cities in the world.
The non-profit Coordinating Research Council (CRC) directs engineering and environmental studies on the interaction between vehicles and petroleum products. CRC members include OEMs Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen. The fuels community is represented by the American Petroleum Institute.
After an extensive review process, members of the Worldwide Fuel Charter committee are poised to publish the fifth edition of the charter, which will change its fuel-quality recommendations for the first time since 2006.
More than seven months after China's new consumption tax policies were supposed to take effect on Jan 1, 2013, little has happened and actions seem muted after much talking earlier on. Implementation seems still some distance away.
Despite serving a diverse array of people and places, Indochina's transportation sector has some shared characteristics. For one thing, the most common passenger vehicle in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar runs on two-wheels, not four.
Size does matter in the case of pollutants. The smallest airborne particulates present some of the biggest challenges to public health, particularly in Asia. As a result these particles are beginning to attract increasing attention and efforts are underway to minimise their impact.
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