Coal as a Christmas giftby Andrzej Jagusiewicz, president of EFCA COP-24 in Katowice (Poland) in 2019 teased its participants with marvellous jewellery, almost all types from ring to necklace, decorated with a sculptured piece of anthracite, the least harmful coal to air pollution if burnt. A very nice souvenir for many participants who bought it, much nicer than the…
Upon invitation by the President of CITEPA* Jean-Guy Bartaire, EFCA President Andrzej Jagusiewicz attended on 25th October the Conference devoted to interrelationship between air pollution and climate during the energy transition period organised in Paris on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. Through several very interesting presentations, all speakers from France and the European Commission called unanimously for more…
Medulin, Croatia, September 16th, 2021 Dr. Vladimira Vađić was born in 1944 in Zagreb. She was graduated at the Faculty of Technology of the Zagreb University. In 1968, she was employed at the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health where she made her doctoral dissertation and worked until her retirement as Head of the Environmental Hygiene Unit. Through her…
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, alongside climate change. New WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) provide clear evidence of the damage air pollution inflicts on human health, at even lower concentrations than previously understood. The guidelines recommend new air quality levels to protect the health of populations, by reducing levels of key…
Online meeting: 18 May 2021 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Central European Time Meeting Organization Information Due to the pandemic situation and its impact on planning and scheduling of conferences and gatherings in 2021 the traditional Ultrafine Particles Symposium, held in Brussels every second year, will be postponed to 2022. But to maintain the scientific and societal contact and exchange…
Technologies and Policies towards Zero-impact Combustion Engines March 25th 2021 The 11. VERT Forum was organized as a virtual conference. This Forum made public how the industry can support the society with best available technology to clean the breathing air not only from soot nanoparticles but also from viruses. All presentations are available for download on https://www.vert-dpf.eu.
The editorial of our Newsletter from March 2020 was titled « The global spread of an unknown and deadly enemy ». It was and still is SARS-CoV-2 a type of coronavirus, which escaped from Chinese laboratory in late 2019 and is causing Covid-19 illness. I wrote in it that « All of a sudden we have become exposed to…
The global spread of an unknown and deadly enemy by Andrzej Jagusiewicz, president of EFCA Dear Members, Friends and Supporters, The 2020 has just started when everyone was observing the global spread of the unknown and deadly enemy « coronavirus » read more in the Newsletter
EFCA has been requested to be more active towards the Commission’s legislative proposals open for adoption. Our President have screened some proposals of the EC and think that we all as EFCA confederated members should contribute primarily to the European Green Deal-Just Transition Fund, which is open for adoption and being consulted from 15 January 2020 till 12 March…
UNECE hold the fortieth anniversary special session on 11th and 12th december 2019 to celebrate 40 years of succesful activities under the Air Convntion. The event was marked by excellent guest speakers and extended participation upon invitation, including the President of EFCA. To read more in the incoming EFCA newsletter