Date : Wednesday 11th November 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker : Richard Skeffington
Only this October we learned that polluted air kills half a million babies a year across the globe; and that air pollution is the fourth highest risk factor for premature death, involved in over 6 million deaths a year worldwide. In the UK, 40,000 deaths a year are attributed to air pollution.
In this lecture I will explore the science behind these values. How do we estimate all this mortality and what are the uncertainties? What pollutants are responsible and what can we do about them? Are things getting better or worse? What political obstacles are there in the way of improvement?
And inevitably, since we can’t ignore the present situation, does air pollution affect the response to Covid-19? And what does the reduction in economic activity due to lockdowns tell us about pollution sources?
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