Abstract
The purpose of this article is to study the environmental protection activities of states in atmospheric air protection. An emphasis is placed on the fact that this vital component of the human environment is still insufficiently protected from the negative influences on methodological and legal level. An important conclusion was also made that the quality of atmospheric air directly affects the state of transboundary pollution over long distances, climate change, and the ozone layer of the Earth. The authors focus on the need for proper and well-thought-out organization of legal protection of the atmospheric air by states.