April 2021
IAQM Early Careers Network: Learning from the Corby poisonings
The IAQM Early Careers Network (ECN) provides a forum for Early Career Professionals to learn, practice skills and network, in a friendly, supportive and accessible environment.Join us for the next meet-up to hear an update on upcoming activities and engage in discussion with your peers on a landmark case study, the Corby poisonings. You will also have the opportunity to raise ideas for what you would like to see in future IAQM ECN activities. Acting on feedback from previous meet-ups,…
Find out more »IAQM Webinar: The role of Local Authorities in managing air pollution
In this webinar, Davide Pascarella considers the implications of the Environment Bill on local governments' regulatory framework around Smoke Control Areas. Davide will explore and highlight the impact of policy decisions and the real-world delivery of initiatives to tackle the contribution to air pollution from wood-burning appliances. Studies indicate residential wood-burning stoves result in PM2.5 emissions which make a surprisingly large contribution to total air pollution and related health costs. With the announcement of new rules surrounding wood-burning appliances that…
Find out more »May 2021
IAQM Webinar: How multivariate cost benefit analysis can drive effective air quality management
Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world, with a population of 20.2 million people in the Greater Dhaka Area. It is the largest city in Eastern South Asia having frequently topped the index of the world’s cities with the worst air quality conditions. The well-known effects of air pollution on human health, together with its significant economical impacts and role in worsening inequality, calls…
Find out more »September 2021
AQN – Air Quality Conference North
The Air Quality News Northern Air Quality Conference serves as a platform for business, local authorities and the third sector to learn and network as an industry.As the levels of toxic air being registered in our towns and cities increase and the numbers of deaths which are attributed to air pollution grow, there is a clear and perceptual change in mind-set with regard to delivering policies which offer quantifiable solutions across health, energy, urban design and transport. The Northern Air…
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