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The Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat (AirClim and formerly known as the International Secretariat on Acid Rain) is a a non-governmental organisation founded in Sweden in 1982, with the aim to promote awareness of the problems associated with air pollution and climate change, and thus, in part as a result of public pressure, to bring about the needed reduction in the emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases.

The Secretariat is a joint venture between four Swedish environmental organizations: World Wide Fund for Nature Sweden and Friends of the Earth Sweden, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and Nature and Youth.

History
Since 1980, the Swedish environmental organizations engaged in an international-oriented cooperation in matters relating to air pollution and acidification. In 1981 they organized an international conference in Gothenburg, which was attended by representatives from more than 50 organizations from 13 countries. As a result of the conference, the International Secretariat on Acid Rain was founded in 1982.

By the late 1980s, the Secretariat also became involved in the efforts to stop climate change, which is a field of work that has become increasingly important. In the autumn of 2008 changed its name to the Air Pollution and Climate Secretariat (AirClim).

Area of work
The secretariat's work is largely focused international policy, on EU and UN level. They also have cooperation with and support environmental organizations in Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey and on the Balkan.