British Science Association Bristol and Bath- "Watching the Earth from Space" Wednesday 2 November

“Watching the Earth from Space; addressing Climate Change and Global Issues”, a talk by Prof Alan O’Neill, Director, National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Reading

Wednesday 2 November at 7.00pm, St Mary Redcliffe Church (close to Bristol Temple Meads Station) Entry £1.00 at door.  There is a public car park opposite on Redcliffe Way.

Data from Earth-orbiting satellites are revolutionizing our understanding of our home planet.  Alan O’Neill’s talk will give a number of examples of the scientific use of such data, including understanding the ozone hole, climate change and earthquakes.

You would be extremely welcome to attend and please also do forward to any friends or colleagues who might be interested.  

Latest information of programme also on our website, http://BSciA-BSBA.org.uk   

Urban Transport 2012: Call for Papers from the Wessex Institute

Professor Jim Longhurst will be co-charing the 18th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment on 15 - 17 May, 2012 in A Coruña, Spain,organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology, UK and sponsored by: WIT Transactions on the Built Environment & The International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning.

View full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements online at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/transport2012rem3.html

Forthcoming publication in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Bailey, R., Longhurst, J.W.S., Hayes, E.T., Hudson, L., Ragnarsdottir, K.V., and Thumim, J. (Forthcoming) 'Exploring a city’s potential low carbon futures using Delphi methods: some preliminary findings'. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management


The paper discusses the results from the first round of Delphi questionnaire survey that Rose undertook with a large expert group, to create scenarios for a low carbon 2050 Bristol region.
More information about Rose's research can be found on her webpage here.

Air Pollution 2011 conference

The 19th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution 2011 held in Malta 19th-21st September was well-attended by an audience of air quality professionals and students from academia and industry. Delegates representing more than 20 countries gave a truly international feel to the conference and brought an opportunity to share a broad range of experiences and expertise. Around 40 presentations were delivered over 10 sessions over the 3-day conference covering themes of Air pollution modelling, Monitoring and measurement, Air quality management, Aerosols and particles, Economics of air pollution control, Emissions studies, Health effects and Innovative technologies.

The conference was co-chaired by Professor Jim Longhurst who gave an invited keynote presentation introducing new research the AQMRC are undertaking working 'towards a new framework for air quality management in Nigeria'. Jo Barnes also gave a presentation, which critically described the UK policy on air quality management since the introduction of first national Air Quality Strategy 14 years ago and 'assessed the potential for local action to meet EU limit values' based on previous experience and in the context of evolving related policies.

A call for papers has been announced for the 2012 Air Pollution conference which will be run back-to-back with Urban Transport 2012 in A Coruna, Spain next May. Further details are available on the Wessex Institute website.