How will climate change legislation impact air quality? What are the interactions between air quality and climate change? Join us for the next IAQM webinar exploring these questions in more detail. We will be joined by expert speakers Richard Maggs and Kathryn Woolley. 

• How do we improve what we can’t measure? – Climate change assessment from an air quality professional perspective

This presentation will seek to explore how air quality professionals may assess the impact of developments on climate change commitments made through the Paris Agreement. It will also set the scene for what additional guidance could be useful in a world of shifting baselines as climate change emergencies and action plans at local planning authority levels begin to emerge.

This webinar has been organised as part of the IAQM's Climate Change Working Group workstream of activities. Find out more about the Working Group.

Our speakers

Kathryn is an Associate and London team lead in the air quality group at Hoare Lea, she focuses on technical excellence within the air quality discipline. Her particular specialism is in designing air quality opportunities, thus addressing any possible constraints when working on early stages of projects in multi-disciplinary project teams. Along with project work she is an active member of the professional bodies that she is part of and contribute to the work being undertaken by the IAQM and CIBSE air quality expert group. In her air quality career she has been involved with a variety of projects, from small school buildings prioritising natural ventilation to large-scale mix mode office buildings also aiming for WELL certification. She’ll discuss the balancing act to achieving good low carbon, energy efficient, air tight buildings without reducing indoor air quality, along with sharing some best practice case studies to cover how issues can be avoided.

Richard Maggs is Head of Environment & Sustainability Affairs at Bureau Veritas UK. Richard has over 25 years’ experience in environmental quality, specialising in air pollution. He completed his PhD in air pollution impacts in the late 1990s and joined commercial consultancy soon after to become the head of the air quality practice in Bureau Veritas up to 2021. He is project director for a number of national air quality compliance networks including the UK Urban NO2 and Automatic Urban & Rural Networks, and has previously been Project Director for the LAQM Helpdesk for the UK. He sits on the Air Quality Expert Group and has been an expert witness in planning inquiries, judicial reviews and civil litigation.