Tackling indoor and outdoor air pollution for a healthier future

The Clean Air Programme is proactively tackling the air quality challenges facing us all today

We bring together leading researchers from across a wide range of specialisms, spanning the physical, social and life sciences to the atmospheric sciences, arts and humanities. By working together, we can better predict and understand exposure to air pollution and its effects on our health, including the impacts on vulnerable groups such as children and older people.

Our community of engaged researchers and scientists enable the UK to address these challenges and effect change where it is needed, whether through policy, behavioural change, or legislation. Our work also helps industry respond to the need for new technologies to limit emissions and exposure to air pollutants, thus reducing the associated health risks and supporting cleaner growth. Read about our vision, mission and values here. 

We are excited to bring you an update on the 2024 Clean Air Conference ‘Analysis and Solutions: Responding to the Clean Air Challenge‘, taking place at Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre in Birmingham on the 2nd and 3rd October 2024. The conference seeks to bring together researchers, funders, policymakers, industry, and not-for-profit representatives, providing a forum for sharing knowledge and making connections across the clean air community.

We are thrilled to have a diverse range of speakers attend including

Professor Louise Heathwaite (Distinguished Professor in the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research and Enterprise. New executive Chair of NERC).

Professor Sir Michael Marmot (Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London).

Professor Kamaldeep Bhui (Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford and Honorary Professor in the Center for Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London).

Professor Alastair Lewis (Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at University of York).

Professor David Topping (Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ).

Lee Waters (Served as  Deputy Minister for Climate Change for Wales)

Register your attendance here or scan the QR code in the flyer, spaces are limited!

We are now inviting abstracts from our SPF projects and Early Career Researchers. Get in touch with us at contact@ukcleanair.org for information on abstract submissions. Closing date for abstracts: 30th April 2024.

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