Updates

 The IAQM Early Careers Group was established in 2017 to provide IAQM Early Career professionals with a platform to develop skills, network with fellow professionals and gain valuable CPD.A year on, we are providing the opportunity for IAQM Associate and Full members in the early stages of their career (first ten years) who are part of ...

Dr Ian McCrae was a very well respected and widely liked air quality practitioner who worked for TRL. He made significant contributions to the understanding of emissions from transport and links with air quality. In his honour, this year the award will be presented to an IAQM Associate or Member in the early stages of ...

IAQM seeks members’ views on new government strategy On the 22nd May the Government published a draft of it’s Clean Air Strategy 2018, and launched a consultation on the plans. The draft strategy outlines the Government’s ambitions relating to “reducing air pollution in the round, making our air healthier to breathe, protecting nature and boosting the economy”. ...

In a joint report, four House of Commons Select Committees have called for a new Clean Air Act, for car makers to pay towards a clean air fund, and to bring forward the target for 100% clean car production from 2040. The report is the product of an unprecedented four-way inquiry by the Environment, Food and ...

In October, four House of Commons Select Committees joined forces to launch an unprecedented joint inquiry on air quality. The Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Environmental Audit, Health and Transport Committees have come together to scrutinise cross-government plans and activities to tackle air pollution, in recognition of the scale of the problem and the roles ...

The new Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) assessment tools are now available online. The Environment Act 1995 and associated regulations established the local air quality management system, under which all local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland are required to regularly review and assess air quality in their areas against objectives for several pollutants of particular ...