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WEBIn support of this year’s International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, Clean Air Fund have compiled a series of videos which showcase examples of how the Fund’s grants have enabled clean air campaigners to fight air pollution around the world. Paediatricians at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) have published an ...
Exclusive: Clean Air Day theme confirmed for 15 June 2023
WEBJun 15, 2023 · Paul is the editor of Public Sector News. Global Action Plan, the environmental charity that co-ordinates Clean Air Day, the UK’s largest campaign on air pollution, has launched the 2023 theme for this year’s event which will take place on June 15th. This year’s theme ‘Clean up our air to look after your mind this Clean Air Day’….
UK homes ‘toxic boxes’ due to indoor air pollution
WEBMay 15, 2019 · Indoor air pollution is over three times worse than outdoor air pollution, with campaigners calling UK households ‘toxic boxes’ due to the number of air pollution particles trapped inside. These were the findings of a study commissioned by the Clean Air Day campaign who asked the National Air Quality Testing Services (NAQTS) to conduct four ...
New indoor air quality guidance published – AirQualityNews
WEBOct 4, 2021 · The guidance has been endorsed by the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). This publication follows the extension of the IAQM’s mission to cover indoor air quality in 2019, in recognition of the importance of improving indoor air quality for human health and wellbeing. Air pollution has a significant effect on public ...
Feature: The crucial relationship between air quality and weather
WEBSince air quality is always connected to the weather, air quality measurements are much more valuable if they are accompanied by real-time data about wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, and other factors directly impacting pollution and its dispersion. Weather drivers affecting air quality include wind speed and direction ...
CAMS publish interim report on European air quality in 2022
WEBJul 4, 2023 · CAMS publish interim report on European air quality in 2022. The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) who use satellite and ground-based observations with forecast models to gather their data, has released its finding on the quality of air in Europe over the course of last year. One of the most notable findings is …
A year on, data reveals the success of Sheffield Clean Air Zone
WEBJul 16, 2024 · The 2023 annual average air quality data, from January to December 2023, shows a reduction in NO2 across every one of the monitored locations in Clean Air Zone when compared to 2022. Following the implementation of a bus gate at Arundel Gate in March, the level of NO2 observed in the area has fallen by …
Time for fact-checking as CO2 misinformation surrounds Iceland’s ...
WEBDec 19, 2023 · Well, while it is true that volcanoes contribute to the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere, a significantly large eruption, such as Mount St. Helens, will produce the same amount of CO2 that humans do every two and a half hours. To put it another way, we’d need around ten Mount St. Helens sized eruptions every day for volcanoes to be equal to ...
World Air Quality Report 2022 finds only six countries met WHO ...
WEBMar 15, 2023 · The 5th annual IQAir World Air Quality Report, which reviews air quality data from 7,323 cities across 131 countries, has found that only Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, and New Zealand met the World Health Organisation guideline for PM2.5.. Despite the apparently widespread source of data, the 30,000 air quality monitoring stations which provided information are not equally ...
320 European cities now have active Low Emission Zones
WEBJul 22, 2022 · Across the continent support for schemes to reduce congestion and improve air quality is rapidly increasing, with hundreds of locations preparing to introduce initiatives by 2025. There are now 320 cities in Europe with active Low Emission Zones (LEZs), marking a 40% increase since 2019. The number is set to…
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