AQMRC’s Professor Jim Longhurst has had a busy few months sharing the research outcomes of AQMRC with various international audiences.
In April, along with Dr Jo Barnes and Professor Carlos Brebbia he co- chaired the 25th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, organised by Wessex Institute of Technology, UWE Bristol and the University of Cadiz. Read the conference report at http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2017/air-pollution-2017. He delivered the conference opening keynote paper entitled “The Continuing Challenge of Managing Local Air Quality: a UK Perspective”. Jo and Dr Ben Williams made presentations on their current work which were very well received. The 26th Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution conference, organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology, UWE Bristol and the Parthenope University of Naples will be held at the Villa Doria d’Angri, Naples between 19 - 21 June 2018. Conference details are at http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2018/air-pollution-2018,
In May, Jim attended the Clair City annual conference in Szentendrei, Hungary where he chaired the special session for the External Advisory board. He provided a concluding reflection on the conference themes and a horizon scan of the issues and challenges arising from interactions between air pollution, climate change and public health in the period to 2050.
In June, he was invited to speak at a workshop in Essen organised by the World Bank’s Pollution Management and Environmental Health team for the delegation from the environmental protection administrative agencies in the Jingjinji Region of China. This region centred on Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei is home to some 100 million people.
Jim provided two contributions at the workshop, in the first he reviewed British air pollution control policies up to and including the 1956 Clean Air Act. In the second he considered contemporary UK air quality management issues and policies.
Read about the work of the World Bank’s Pollution Management and Environmental Health team here. The site contains a useful set of resources.
Read about the Jingjinji Region here
