Xavier Querol: "Low emission zones are absolutely necessary but they have to be accompanied by complementary measures"



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## Xavier Querol: "Low emission zones are absolutely necessary but they have to be accompanied by complementary measures"

18/07/2022 |
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The development of the National Ozone Plan and measures to improve air quality in Spain, such as the implementation of low emission zones, were the main arguments discussed during the second and last day of the course "Air quality in Spain" of the UJI Summer University 2022 held in Benicàssim. Air pollution means an average of nine months less of life in people living in Europe and contributes to the death of almost 400,000 people a year in the European Union.

Faced with this problem, the administrations of several countries have already begun to implement measures in some cities with the aim of reducing polluting particles in the air, according to CSIC research Xavier Querol. One of these measures is the implementation of low-emission zones that cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants must establish before 2023 in Spain.

Xavier Querol took part in the session on the challenges and application of measures to improve air quality, together with other technicians and experts, and stated that "the implementation of low emission zones is absolutely necessary, although it is not enough to solve the problem and must be accompanied by other complementary measures such as the improvement of public transport, the implementation of dissuasive parking zones, the application of an urban toll, and in later phases a rational distribution of goods in cities and urban redesign and land use planning, among others, should be undertaken".

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**Related news:** [Experts say action must be taken without delay and with greater ambition to reduce air pollution in Spain](https://www.uji.es/com/noticies/2022/6/1q/universitat-estiu-qualitat-aire-1/)

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