Mobility and Climate Change

Tim has been asked to participate in a workshop on at the Joint Meeting of the Eurocities' Environment and Mobility Forums in London next week. The workshop on Tuesday 3rd June will consider the actions needed to be taken to tackle the problems of urban Mobility and Climate Change.

More information on the work of Eurocities ( "THE network of Major European Cities" ) can be found here http://www.eurocities.org/main.php

Jim busy with external examinations

Jim has a busy season of PhD external and internal examining in prospect. He has been invited to examine theses from Northumbria University and Imperial College. He will also be an internal examiner for a UWE PhD thesis.

Bristol Environmental Technologies & Services Sector Expo

Bristol Environmental Technologies & Services Sector (BETS) Expo will be held in Bristol in June 2008. AQMRC will be contributing to the low carbon advice session being hosted by UWE on day one of the Expo. The Expo is organised by the BETS Partnership Board to showcase the wide range of environmental technology and service expertise in the Bristol Region. Jim Longhurst represents UWE on the BETS Partnership Board.

Simon runs seminar at the University of Exeter

Simon visited the University of Exeter on the 14th May 2008 to hold a seminar on integrating air quality and carbon management at a local governance level. A number of key stakeholders in the subject area were in attendance which provided a great opportunity for Simon to obtain feedback on the interim findings of his research. After his presentation Simon facilitated a workshop session based on three key themes highlighted in his research findings: Inter-professional collaboration; the role of local, national and international governments; and horizon scanning.

The Nigerian State, Oil Industry and the Niger Delta

Mofoluso recently attended the 1st International Conference on the “The Nigerian State, Oil Industry and the Niger Delta”, organised by the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University in collaboration with Centre for Applied Environmental Research (CEAR) of the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC). The conference was held at the Gloryland Centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State in Southern Nigeria. Further details of the conference are available on Mofoluso's research page.

AQMRC researchers submit invited paper for special issue of Atmospheric Environment

AQMRC researchers have submitted their invited paper for the 50th anniversary issue of Atmospheric Environment, entitled "A critical review of, and commentary on, the development of an effects based air quality management regime". The paper draws on air quality management examples and experiences from around the globe, with a case study of air quality management in the UK. The special issue should be published later this year and will be available from the elsevier website.

Air Pollution 2008

The deadline for paper submissions to the Wessex Institute of Technology conference 'Air Pollution 2008' is 21 May 2008. Click here for further information. The 16th annual conference dealing with modelling, monitoring and management of air pollution will be held this year in Skiathos, Greece on 22-24 September and will be co-chaired by Jim Longhurst. AQMRC are submitting several papers for inclusion in the conference proceedings, including submissions from Dotun Olowoporoku and Simon Baldwin related to their PhD research.

Tim invited to join the International Advisory Committee for the IUAPPA Regional Conference 2008

This years conference will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Clean Air of South Africa. The IUAPPA Regional Conference will focus on the development of Air Quality Management systems at local, national and regional scales. Special sessions will include comparative experience of national air quality management systems; integrating air pollution and climate change abatement strategies; and transport and air quality in emerging mega-cities.

Jim speaking at BA Science Communication Conference

The British Association is holding its annual Science Communication Conference on 19 - 20 May 2008. As part of the conference, the BA are running a session in which those involved in relevant studies engage with the science communication community, so that practical science communicators c
an be aware of and draw on the latest research. The abstract from Jim's presentation is available here.

Jim is participating in the Conference following the AQMRC "Consultation as Science Communication?" project, to communicate this research with attending practitioners.

AQMRC welcomes Rose Bailey- new EPSRC CASE PhD student

Rose joined AQMRC in May 2008 to study for a PhD entitled Carbon Management at the City Scale: An Exploration of the Carbon Futures for the Bristol Region. This PhD is funded by the EPSRC and the Centre for Sustainable Energy, with the support of Bristol City Council, and will be supervised by AQMRC's Professor Jim Longhurst and Dr Enda Hayes, and Professor Vala Ragnarsdottir, from the University of Bristol.

Enda speaks at UWE seminar series

Enda gave a presentation at the UWE breakfast seminar series on air quality and transport planning. The seminar was well attended by air quality, planning, transport, and environmental experts from across the university, and gave rise to interesting debate on planning and effective air quality management.