October 2021
IAQM and Land Condition Early Career Network: Crossover event
Join us for the first crossover event for our IAQM and Land Condition Early Career Networks. In collaboration with the Society for Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA), we will be hosting an event aimed at bringing together early career air quality and land condition professionals, to discuss topics pertinent to both. We will hear from expert speakers on the following topics: Uncertainty in Vapour Intrusion Risk Assessment- Increased attention has been paid to human exposure to toxic chemicals through vapour intrusion…
Find out more »December 2021
IAQM AGM and keynote speech
Join us for our 2021 virtual Annual General Meeting and take advantage of the opportunity to hear about the IAQM's strategic direction and activities in 2022, hear about your new Committee members and ask any questions. This AGM follows the recent changes made to the IAQM Committee election procedure. The AGM will be followed by a keynote speech from Prof Frank Kelly. He will be discussing air pollution and public health: emerging hazards and improved understanding of risk.Event schedule14:30: AGM,…
Find out more »January 2022
Environment Agency air emissions risk assessment EAL updates
Environmental Assessment Levels (EALs) are used by the Environment Agency (EA) to judge the acceptability of proposed emissions to air from industrial sites, and their relative contribution to the environment. EALs represent a pollutant concentration in ambient air at which no significant risks to human health are expected. In 2012, the EA ran a consultation to identify a new hierarchy for the derivation of EALs.Using their revised methodology and working with Public Health England (now UK Health Security Agency), the…
Find out more »February 2022
Integrating air pollution, greenhouse gas and other wider impact analysis into decision-maker support tools
This webinar introduces emerging international guidance for estimating greenhouse gas, air pollutant and short lived climate pollutant emissions in an integrated way. It focuses on the pragmatic approaches for estimating air pollutant and greenhouse emissions and removals for use in assessing health impacts as well as tracking trends in greenhouse gases and short lived climate pollutants. The guidance also looks at how organisations can develop sustained centres of excellence that can provide data and expertise services to support policy and…
Find out more »IAQM webinar: Review of the national Air Quality Strategy
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)’s Air Quality and Industrial Emissions team will discuss the upcoming review of the national Air Quality Strategy. The presentation will discuss Defra’s plans for the Air Quality Strategy and progress to date on policy development with respect to three main areas:The role of local authorities in meeting the new national PM2.5 targets;Building local capability to ensure local authorities have the tools to take action;Addressing inequalities and the impacts of air pollution…
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