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Communicating harm from greenhouse gas emissions is critical to the debate needed for decisions on major development and infrastructure projects. The 20th June 2024 Supreme Court of Justice decision creates a clean slate to move forward on the need for better evidence on the significance of environmental harm caused by greenhouse gas pollution.

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Aether's air quality team has been providing consultancy services across the UK. Recent projects include EIAs for residential and mixed-use developments in Somerset, ensuring compliance with air quality objectives through dispersion modelling, and advising on ventilation strategies for a redevelopment project in Westminster.

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AQA news

01 September 2023

Over the last months, the air quality assessment team have been working on many detailed assessments for housing schemes and industrial sites as well as dust risk assessments, air quality neutral and positive statements for developers.

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Aether provided greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions inventory training to Federal and Emirate level and private sector organisations in the United Arab Emirates.

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Aether is now leading on the compilation and reporting of greenhouse gas and air pollution inventories for England and the Devolved Administrations.

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Nearly 200 air quality inventory compilers, modellers and policy makers from around the world participated in the 2021 meeting of the UN's Task Force on Emission Projections (TFEIP).

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This week Aether hosted its first collaborative meeting for small national inventory teams, and we welcomed participants spanning Europe from Iceland to Cyprus.

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Aether and the EU

20 January 2021

Aether is proud to continue working with many EU national governments and bodies on climate change and air pollution issues.

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Aether has been providing support to the Malta Resources Authority (MRA) and the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) on their Greenhouse gas and Air Pollutant inventories.

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Innovations in Air Quality

04 September 2019

Aether and Air Quality Consultants are pleased to be working with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity to identify cutting edge innovations that could be used at the local level to reduce air pollution over the next 5-10 years.

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Analysis undertaken by Aether on behalf of the Greater London Authority has shown that policies to reduce air pollution in London will also reduce inequality.

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The UK Government’s draft Clean Air Strategy identified wood burning from domestic stoves as one of the key sources of particulate matter in urban areas in the UK. This marks a return to one of the air pollution sources which, it was assumed had been “solved” in the 1950s and 60s in mainland UK.

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Alina Novikova, UN/ECE Secretariat

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Shanna Emmanuel, Saint Lucia BUR Project Coordinator

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Clare Bayley, Defra

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Andreas Pilzecker, DG CLIMA

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