Outputs (340)

Youth Climate Communications Toolkit (2022)
Other

A toolkit for young people to campaign effectively on things that matter to them. Gain sustainability skills and competencies while creatively addressing key priorities for your place of study, place of work or community. For more information about t... Read More about Youth Climate Communications Toolkit.

Plan 2030. Accelerating action for a net zero 2030: A report for South Gloucestershire Council (2022)
Report

Achieving net zero in 2050 is enshrined in UK law. The first three national carbon budgets have made an impressive start on the UK decarbonisation journey but the challenge of implementation facing the fourth, fifth and sixth budget is significant. T... Read More about Plan 2030. Accelerating action for a net zero 2030: A report for South Gloucestershire Council.

WeCount project evaluation summary: Citizen science on urban mobility (2022)
Report

WeCount was a Horizon 2020 project which aimed at quantifying local road transport, produce scientific knowledge in the field of mobility and environmental pollution and co- design informed solutions for several road transport challenges. Uniquely, t... Read More about WeCount project evaluation summary: Citizen science on urban mobility.

Air Pollution XXIX (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Measurement of gaseous emissions from animal housing (2021)
Book Chapter

Citizen science on urban mobility - A practitioner's guide to evaluation, engagement and policy change (2021)
Other

This guide emerged from the WeCount project and sets out to scale general guidelines for evaluating similar citizen science projects for improved urban mobility, and draw best practice models for engagement and policy recommendations. It accompanies... Read More about Citizen science on urban mobility - A practitioner's guide to evaluation, engagement and policy change.

WeCount Advocacy Toolkit (2021)
Report

This toolkit is for all citizens who want to advocate for change to urban mobility. Within you will learn about data collection and analysis and the types of advocacy we can be a part of. You'll also learn how to diversify both campaign groups and au... Read More about WeCount Advocacy Toolkit.

Assessing the impacts of citizen-led policies on emissions, air quality and health (2021)
Journal Article

Air pollution is a global challenge, and especially urban areas are particularly affected by acute episodes. Traditional approaches used to mitigate air pollution primarily consider the technical aspects of the problem but not the role of citizen beh... Read More about Assessing the impacts of citizen-led policies on emissions, air quality and health.

The UMBRELLA air quality use case. A dense, multi location, multi pollutant & multi layered, air quality monitoring network (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Inform involve empower - Experiences of citizen engagement from ClairCity and WeCount (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The session titled “Citizen science - tools to achieve a real impact on policy-making” was held on the 12th of October 2021. The panel was attended by more than 60 people and successfully showcased how different approaches in response to the same ch... Read More about Inform involve empower - Experiences of citizen engagement from ClairCity and WeCount.

Assessing air pollution in European cities to support a citizen centered approach to air quality management (2021)
Journal Article

European cities have made significant progress over the last decades towards clean air. Despite this progress, several cities are still facing acute air pollution episodes, with various urban areas frequently exceeding air quality levels allowed by t... Read More about Assessing air pollution in European cities to support a citizen centered approach to air quality management.

Act now - From science communication to action – time to focus on society’s change makers (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The effects of climate change are now being felt around the world, and yet cohesive and collaborative policymaking to mitigate impacts are moving too slowly. Indeed the latest scientific report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has w... Read More about Act now - From science communication to action – time to focus on society’s change makers.

From science communication to action – engaging with society’s change makers (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The effects of climate change are now being felt around the world, and yet cohesive and collaborative policymaking to mitigate impacts are moving too slowly. Indeed the latest scientific report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has w... Read More about From science communication to action – engaging with society’s change makers.

The butterfly effect: Facilitating and enabling citizen self-organising for systemic change (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this presentation for the Public Communication of Science and Technology conference, Sophie draws on three case studies from her own research that exemplify the changing nature of public engagement on climate change and air pollution. She explain... Read More about The butterfly effect: Facilitating and enabling citizen self-organising for systemic change.

Exploring corporate engagement with carbon management techniques (2021)
Journal Article

his paper explores the different ways of managing carbon in organisational settings. It uses a sequential mixed methods approach – literature review, discussions with sustainability thought leaders, and online survey and interviews with company susta... Read More about Exploring corporate engagement with carbon management techniques.

Characteristics of real-world gaseous exhaust emissions from cars in heterogeneous traffic conditions (2021)
Journal Article

In this study, researchers have explored real-world driving conditions and developed emission factors for 58 passenger cars using on-board emission measurement technique while driving on five different routes in Delhi. The measured average emission f... Read More about Characteristics of real-world gaseous exhaust emissions from cars in heterogeneous traffic conditions.

A framework for assessing the contribution of UK local authorities toward compliance with the EU ambient air quality directive (2021)
Journal Article

Implementation outcomes of the Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD) (2008/50/EC)) are weak across European Union (EU) member states. In the UK, Local Authorities (LAs) must work toward reducing air pollution, however, means of assessing the extent an... Read More about A framework for assessing the contribution of UK local authorities toward compliance with the EU ambient air quality directive.

Community engagement on air quality - Environment agency air quality inequalities (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Unprecedented reduction in air pollution and corresponding short-term premature mortality associated with COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi, India (2021)
Journal Article

Countries around the world introduced strict restrictions on movement and activities known as ‘lockdowns’ to restrict the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the end of 2019. A sudden improvement in air quality was observed global... Read More about Unprecedented reduction in air pollution and corresponding short-term premature mortality associated with COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi, India.

Traffic-related air pollution reduction at UK schools during the Covid-19 lockdown (2021)
Journal Article

Elevated urban Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) is a consequence of road traffic and other fossil-fuel combustion sources, and the road transport sector provides a significant contribution to UK NO2 emissions. The inhalation of traffic-related air pollution, i... Read More about Traffic-related air pollution reduction at UK schools during the Covid-19 lockdown.