Updates
Prevention of Future Deaths Report published following 2013 death of Ella Abdoo Kissi-Debrah
Ella Abdoo Kissi-Debrah died of her asthma in 2013, aged just 9 years old. Her mother, Rosamund, convinced that air pollution had a role to play fought hard to get her inquest re-opened. Eventually, in December 2019, she was successful. A year later, Philip Barlow, the Assistant Coroner for Inner South London, issued a new ...
Webinar: Air quality in the UK – what’s the hold up?
Millions of people in the UK live in areas where levels of pollution are very high and could be damaging their health. In 2019, NO2 legal limits were breached in 75% of air quality reporting zones (33 out of 43). Likewise, in 2018, 115 out of 317 local authorities (36%) had unsafe levels of fine ...
Webinar: Air quality and the rail sector
This IAQM webinar explores the impact of train travel on air quality and covers how the RSSB and Network Rail are leading the rail industry’s efforts to understand and improve air quality. Overall rail emissions may be relatively minor, but these could be significant at a local level.
As road emissions reduce, driven by regulation, policy ...
Webinar: Driver behaviour changes – how telematics can inform the changing ‘new normal’ in vehicle emissions in the UK
Since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged large societal shifts have altered who travels where, when and why. The reduction in mobility decreased vehicle traffic by about 70% by mid-April according to the Department for Transport (DfT). This led to a marked reduction in emissions from vehicles. These still evolving societal changes continue to impact established driving ...
IAQM AGM Keynote Speech: Improving air quality: the role of lifestyle change and public risk perception
Dr Stuart Capstick, Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformation (CAST Centre) at the University of Cardiff, delivered the keynote speech at the IAQM 2020 AGM.He discussed the public understanding and risk perception of climate change and air pollution, the relevance of behaviours and everyday practices for tackling climate change and ...
Call for Evidence – Future PM2.5 concentrations in England
Defra has published a call for evidence on future PM2.5 concentrations in England in preparation for the air quality target setting for the Environment Bill. The Environment Bill will set out legally binding targets for four priority areas, including air quality. The government intends to set two air quality targets relating to fine particulate matter ...