Translating Citizen-Generated Air Quality Data into Evidence for Shaping Policy

The practice of participatory sensing for environment monitoring has rapidly evolved over the years. There has been a steady growth of citizen-based environmental monitoring projects that aim to build partnerships, knowledge-sharing platforms, awareness, and ultimately environmental resilience. Citizen science has reshaped research by bringing a fresh perspective on democratizing science for the public good. The Evidence Co-creation Framework (ECF) is an iterative process for creating evidence using citizen-generated data that has several interconnected components. The ECF is integrated within the policy-making process and complements the official data that is used as evidence before formulating a policy and for policy action.