Tim Speaking at Bristol University

Tim has been invited to give a presentation on Tuesday 22nd February at Bristol University as part of the BUST (Bristol Uni. Sustainability Team) "Climate of Change" seminar series.

Other people presenting in the series include Tony Juniper (ex-Friends of the Earth), Peter Harper (Centre for Alternative Technology) and Malcolm Sheppard (Sustrans).

For more details see http://bust.2rail.com/content/speakerseries2011

AQMRC win ECO-Stars Evaluation Contract

AQMRC have been awarded a contract to undertake the evaluation of South Yorkshire’s Eco-Stars (Efficient and Cleaner Operations) Fleet Recognition Scheme

The scheme was set up by the South Yorkshire Local Transport Plan partners supported by Travel South Yorkshire and NHS Barnsley. The scheme was formally launched on 20^th January 2009 with the aim of improving air quality.

The ECO Stars Fleet Recognition Scheme is a free, voluntary scheme designed to provide recognition, guidance and advice to operators of goods vehicles, buses and coaches across South Yorkshire. ECO Stars rates individual vehicles and the fleet’s overall road transport operation using star rating criteria, to recognise levels of operational and environmental performance. Each member signing up to the scheme receives a tailor-made ‘Road Map’ specific for their organisation, detailing suggested actions to help improve their environmental performance.

By the end of 2010, members of the ECO Stars Scheme were operating about 5,000 vehicles in and around South Yorkshire.

19th International Conference on Air Pollution 2011 - abstracts due

The 19th International Conference on Air Pollution 2011, organised by Wessex Institute of Technology, UK and sponsored by WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, will be held on 19th-21st September 2011 in Malta.

View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/air2011rem3.html

Presenters will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to the International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, edited by the Wessex Institute.

Abstract Submission
Submit an abstract via the conference website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/air2011rem3.html or contact the Conference Secretariat below.
Conference Topics
• Air pollution modelling
• Air quality management
• Urban air management
• Emissions studies
• Monitoring and measuring
• Global and regional studies
• Aerosols and particles
• Climate change and air pollution
• Indoor air pollution
• Pollution prevention
• Economics of air pollution control
• Innovative technologies
• Emission reduction strategies
• Health effects
• Natural emissions

Conference Secretariat
Claire Shiell, Conference Coordinator, Air Pollution 2011
Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA
Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223 Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853
Email: cshiell@wessex.ac.uk

Tim giving keynote presentation at workshop in Delhi

Tim is currently representing AQMRC at a UKIERI (UK-India Education and Research Initiative) workshop on Transport, Land Use Strategies and Technology Interventions for

Urban Air Quality Management hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi.  Tim will be giving a keynote presentation on “Successes and Failures of Air Quality Management in Europe:  What lessons can be learnt?” as well as leading a workshop on Air Quality Action Planning.

 

Whilst in India, he will also be attending meetings with the British Council, RCUK, the Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Traffic Police.

Tim selected for Climate Change Workshop in Bangalore

Tim has been selected by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to attend a Workshop on South Asian Historical Records and Climate, at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on 4^th and 5^th March.

 

The Workshop will be based around the recent release of records from the India Office by the British Library.  Climatic conditions in India were systematically recorded in the form of official meteorological observations in India from the nineteenth century, though records exist for the earlier period in the form of ships’ logs or the daily weather records kept by missionaries. The India Office Records contain information on instruments and methods of observation; observatory operations including meteorological observations, tidal observations, magnetic operations, astronomical observations (general observations, transits, eclipses and star studies); rainfall; ozone; extreme weather events (including hurricanes, storms, floods and cyclones).

 

The aims of this workshop are to:

·       Bring together academics from a range of disciplines , and curators of collections, from South Asia and the UK;

·       Share knowledge of relevant sources in the British Library and in India, in both libraries and archives;

·       Discuss the nature of the contextual material available and approaches for its interrogation;

·       Recommend sources in India and the British Library for enquiry to support research collaborations;

·       Develop interdisciplinary research collaborations based on the sources identified in India and the BL, including those listed in Science and the changing environment in India 1780-1920: a guide to sources in the India Office Records.