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SUMMARY:Air quality and climate impacts of the transport sector: planes\, 
 trains and automobiles - Marc Stettler (University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20140428T131500Z
DTEND:20140428T143000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Amanda Maycock
DESCRIPTION:Please note this talk has been rescheduled due to clashes with
  several other atmospheric science meetings on the original date.\n\nThe t
 ransport sector accounts for 36% of total energy consumption in the UK and
  26% globally. Emissions resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels hav
 e impacts on the climate and as transport networks are typically located c
 lose to people\, these emissions lead to significant air quality and publi
 c health impacts. In this seminar I will discuss experimental and modellin
 g work carried out in the Engineering Department that has sought to improv
 e our understanding of these impacts. These projects include (i) an evalua
 tion of the air quality impacts of airports in the UK\, including future s
 cenarios in which a third runway is built at Heathrow or a new hub is buil
 t in the Thames Estuary\; (ii) revisions to our understanding of global av
 iation black carbon emissions\; and (iii) the Energy Efficient Cities Init
 iative and our work to model air quality impacts of transport and building
 s at the local-scale in the City of Westminster.\n
LOCATION:Unilever Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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