Liberia’s environmental and public health efforts have received major international recognition, with the Clean Air Liberia Project being named among a select group of awardees acknowledged for achieving national policy impact in 2025.
According to a communication from the EPIC Air Quality Fund, the project’s work has contributed to the establishment of Liberia’s first long-term PM2.5 monitoring network combining low-cost sensors and reference-grade monitoring. The achievement will be recognized at the Africa Clean Air Forum, scheduled for July 14-16, 2026, in Pretoria, South Africa.
The recognition highlights the growing impact of the United Methodist University (UMU), which has been working in partnership with the University of Ghana, its Afri-SET Program, and the Kigali Collaborative Research Center (KCRC) to strengthen air-quality monitoring, research, and policy engagement in Liberia. It also reflects broader national collaboration involving the Carbon Markets Authority (CMA) and the Blue Economy Secretariat, which operates under the CMA and is helping to connect environmental science, policy, and institutional coordination.