The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025 is set to take place from March 17–21, 2025, in Brasília, Brazil. This year’s theme, “Preparing for COP30: Tackling Super Pollutants to Avoid the Catastrophic Overshoot of 1.5°C,” highlights the urgent need for decisive action. The event will bring together country representatives, global experts, and changemakers, united with over 180 partners, to…
Air quality: Council gives final green light to strengthen standards in the EU. The new rules will contribute to the EU’s objective on zero pollution by 2050 and will help prevent premature deaths due to air pollution. EU citizens will be able to seek compensation for damage to their health in cases where EU air quality rules are not respected. Read…
Brussels, BelgiumJuly 3 and 4, 2024 Ultrafine particles (UFP), the nano fraction of airborne particulate matter, are recognised as a major health risk factor in the WHO Guidance, considered to cause serious environmental effects and have a significant climate impact. The most important emission sector is transport of all kinds through directparticle emissions from vehicles, ships and aircraft engines…
EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland VERT is very pleased to invite you to the upcoming 14th VERT FORUM: Particulae Omnipraesentes“ -VERT Tools to Mitigate Toxic Nanoparticles from a Variety of Sources to be held on March 22nd 2024 as “in-person” event at EMPA in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Due to high demand, the 14th VERT FORUM is now also online! – The TEAMS…
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June 10 – 14, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland. It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to the 27th edition of the ETH Nanoparticle Conference (NPC-24). We will meet again in Zürich in person next June. The NPC-24 is organized as a joined event together with the Workplace and Indoor Aerosols Conference (Aerosols-24). Therefore, we are…
European Commission, BrusselsBREY Auditorium – Avenue d’Auderghem 45 BackgroundFor over 25 years, successive European aviation Strategic Research and InnovationAgendas set ambitious environmental and climate goals (i.e. ACARE Flightpath 20501) andthe achievements are very good. However, only last year, in the latest edition of Europe’sVision for Sustainable Aviation by ACARE, the importance of all non-CO2 effects wasadequately recognised. The “Fly…
Read our latest Newsletter in which the following topics are addressed– Eco-terrorism– 9th Annual Meeting of TFTEI June 2023 report– XVI Congress of protecting classified information related to business and persons– In Memoriam Johannes (Joop) Van Ham and much more. Click here
Scientific evidence shows that environmental risks are responsible for a major share of cardiovascular disease, which is the most common cause of death in Europe. A European Environment Agency analysis, published today, provides an overview of the link between environment and cardiovascular disease, highlighting that addressing pollution, extreme temperatures, and other environmental risks are cost-effective actions to reduce the…
We were greatly saddened to hear of the death of our colleague and friend Joop Van Hamm, who contributed so much to the development of an evidence-based European policy for air protection and who played such a significant part in the founding and development of EFCA as a vehicle for championing it. Joop will be remembered for the breadth…