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8th December 2023 in Environment

Air quality and climate change in Kew – from ULEZ to the risk of flooding

Image above shows the London neighbourhoods that could be completely underwater by 2100

If you weren’t able to come or want to check back on the facts, this recent event at the National Archives is now available to view again.

A panel of experts, brought together by the Kew Society sort the science from the fiction about climate change and air quality and the implications for this area. What impact have recent meausres had on air pollution and what can we do to make a difference for us and our children?

Their answers to these vital questions are not only hugely relevant to all of us they’re also often surprising and counter inutitive.


Richmond Park – the cleanest air air in the borough

 

 

 

 

 

To make it easier to view we’ve split the discussion into 4 parts and there are captions if you wish to turn them on.

Part 1:

Air quality in Kew : Speaker is Carole Lee, Principle Environmental Health Practitioner (Air Quality) for London Boroughs of Richmond, Merton and Wandsworth.

Part 2:

The London Ultra Low Emission Zone: Speaker is Celeste Hicks, Author “Expansion Rebellion – using the Law to fight a runway and save the planet” ,  Communications Manager for Clean Cities Campaign and campaigner for “Mums for Lungs”

Part 3:

Climate Change in Kew and its possible effects: Speaker is Roger Mason, Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London and clean air activist and campaigner

Part 4:

Question and answer session: – chaired by Jason Andrews, Environmental Health Pollution Manager (Air Quality) for Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Boroughs

We hope you found this event informative and useful.

Please share the links with your friends and encourage them to join us. The more support we have the more influence we have.

Image from: Climate Central/ Google

 

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