Dotun is the recipient of the 2011 Ian McCrae Travel Award

 Dotun recently won the Ian McCrae Travel Award from The Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM). This award acts as a memorial to Ian McCrae who was an internationally-respected air quality scientist and IAQM committee member. Dotun was formally presented with the award at the annual general meeting of the institute on 17 November 2011 in London. The award will enable Dotun to present his current research at the Urban Environmental Pollution 2012. The conference, organised by Elsevier, will be held in June 2012 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


Dotun recieving the award from Prof Bernard Fisher, Chairman of IAQM



UNFCCC CoP 17

Jim Longhurst will be attending the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties 17 meeting in Durban, South Africa.

Jim will be a member of the Academy of Science  of South Africa Delegation and will speak at the CoP side event workshop “Pathways Towards Low Carbon Cities”

Environmental Auit Committee say "Its a Scandal!"

The Environmental Audit Committee today launched its follow-up report on air quality, finding that “The Government is putting thousands of lives at risk by trying to water down EU air quality rules instead of prioritising action to cut pollution on UK roads”.

 

Full details of the report can be found here: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/news/air-quality-a-follow-up-report/

 

AQMRC submitted evidence to the Enquiry which has been published online here:  http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmenvaud/1024/1024vw20.htm

 

Tim to Present at Photocatalysis Conference

On Thursday 17^th November Tim will be making a presentation on “The Science of Air Pollution and the Policies and Legislation to Combat It” at a Cristal Global conference on Photocatalysis in London.

 

http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/node/7715

 

N.B. Involvement in the conference does not suggest that AQMRC currently believe that photocatalytic paint is an appropriate solution for most air quality problems!

Tim to give Energy Seminar at University of Southampton

On Wednesday 16^th November Tim will be presenting an energy seminar based on his Fellowship with DECC and subsequent developments.  The seminar will be hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Globalization and Governance http://www.soton.ac.uk/C2G2/

 

Carbon Aware Cities: CATCH Final Conference, 13 December 2011, Bristol, UK

The CATCH project is holding its final conference on 13 December 2011 in the University of West of England in Bristol, UK. This EU FP7 project conducted ground-breaking research into how information about climate change and transport should be communicated, and has developed an online knowledge platform designed to facilitate an holistic view of transport in order to better communicate the need for low carbon transport systems, and plan for the low carbon transport future.

The final conference will present research from the project, and present the CATCH knowledge platform in the context of a variety of co-benefits that a low carbon transport will bring to health, safety, the economy and to planning. It will be demonstrated how the CATCH knowledge platform links to these different areas by providing information and improving communication between the general public and transport professionals. Presentations from experts from different fields will also detail the wider benefits of a low carbon transport future.

Who will attend?
- Transport professionals interested in low carbon transport systems: city representatives, public transport operators, consultants, and others.
- Climate change experts with an interest in transport.
- Professionals from other disciplines which can benefit from low carbon transport systems: for example from health or civil society.

Registration
It is free to attend the conference, but places are limited and registration is required.
To cover our costs, if you register and do not attend and do not inform us by 9th December 2011, then you will be charged 100 EURO (see terms and conditions).

Conference web page, including registration: http://www.carbonaware.eu/events/catch-final-conference.html

Draft programme: http://www.carbonaware.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/IG_meeting/Final_event/Programme_and_travel_CATCH_conference.pdf

Contact
For more information, contact Anna Clark (aclark@polisnetwork.eu)