West London Freight Project

West London Air Quality Group Freight project

Tim giving talk to Walker Institute at Reading University

On Wednesday 24th November, Tim will be giving a seminar about his Fellowship in DECC to members of the Walker Institute at Reading University.

Tim called to give evidence to House of Lords

Tim has been called to the House of Lords to give evidence to the Science and Technology Committee who are currently undertaking a inquiry into the use of behaviour change interventions as a means of achieving government policy goals. http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/science-and-technology-committee/inquiries/behaviour/

He will be giving evidence to the inquiry on Tuesday 23^rd November.

Introduction to Air Pollution training day success

Attendees at last Friday's 'Introduction to Air Pollution' training day reported very positive feedback, commenting that the course gave "a very good introduction" and "both the food and venue were of a high quality". The course covered, sources and effects of air pollution, chemistry and meteorology.

This was just one of a series of one-day IAQM and IES accredited CPD courses run by the Air Quality Management Resource Centre at UWE, Bristol. Further details of other courses in the series are available on the AQMRC website. Click here to register your interest or book online. Book three or more courses and get 15% discount!

Please note that the next session will be Introduction to Local Air Quality Management on 14th January (Introduction to Carbon Management has been postponed to 8th February).

Enda invited to present to the Air Quality Expert Group

Enda was invited to present at a special Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) evidence session  in Port Talbot on the 15^th November 2010. Enda’s presentation gave AQEG an overview of the findings and recommendations of the 2009 study “An Independent Review of Monitoring Measures Undertaken in Neath Port Talbot in respect to PM10”.

 

Jim to Co- Chair Air Pollution 2011

Jim Longhurst again will be the co-chair for the 19th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution “Air Pollution 2011” which is to be held in Malta from the 19th – 21st September 2011. Jim will also co-edit the conference hardback book that will be published to coincide with the start of the conference.

The call for papers is available at http://www.wessex.ac.uk/11-conferences/airpollution-2011.html

Further details about the conference are available from the Claire Shiell at the address below
Claire Shiell
Conference Secretariat,
Air Pollution 2011
Wessex Institute of Technology,
Ashurst Lodge,
Ashurst,
Southampton, SO40 7AA
Tel: 44 (0) 238 0293223
Fax: 44 (0) 238 0292853
cshiell@wessex.ac.uk

Low Carbon Cities Consensus Panel. Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

Jim has recently returned from a visit to South Africa (3-9th October) where he attended the second meeting of the Academy of Science of South Africa’s Low Carbon Cities Consensus Panel. As part of his contribution to the work of the Panel, Jim and AQMRC colleagues prepared a review of carbon management plans and strategies that are being implemented in European capital cities. The overall goal of the ASSAf study is to identify key areas of intervention that would position the city of Durban on a pathway towards a low carbon future. The study has been commissioned by the Environmental Management Unit of the eThekwini Municipality (City of Durban) and the panel is led by the Executive Officer of ASSAf, Prof Roseanne Diab. The study is financially supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) See http://www.assaf.co.za/?page_id=998 for further details.