News - Air Pollution

In the first week of October Richard Claxton and Sergii Shmarin were in Istanbul, contributing as lead authors to the upcoming IPCC Methodology Report on Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCFs). SLCFs - such as black carbon, and other ozone precursors play a critical role in climate change and air quality. The new methodology report will provide essential guidance for countries to improve their emissions inventories and strengthen climate action.

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Aether has strengthened its Land Development services with the appointment of Michael Dray as Principal Sustainability Advisor. Michael brings over a decade of experience in sustainability across the built environment, with specialist expertise in low-carbon infrastructure, life-cycle carbon assessment, and Passivhaus consultancy.

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The Aether team is supporting reviews of air pollutant and greenhouse gas inventories for several European countries, including under the NECD, ESR, and LULUCF regulations. These reviews ensure accurate emissions data to meet EU targets for 2030. The team is also helping build capacity in countries needing extra support, contributing to cleaner air and better climate policy implementation across Europe.

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In May, several members of the Aether team attended the annual meeting of the Task Force on Emissions Inventories and Projections (TFEIP) which was hosted in Warsaw by the Polish Institute of Environmental Protection.

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We’re thrilled to announce our continued work under the newly awarded 10-year contract for the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI).

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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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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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“ Chris was excellent to work with and always very pro active in making suggestions, taking work forward and applying his considerable technical knowledge in effective ways. ”

Robert Vaughan, Defra Air Quality Team

“ We have worked with Aether since 2019 to baseline, and subsequently update, our council and borough greenhouse gas inventories. It is a pleasure working with Aether’s professional, responsive, collaborative and helpful team. ”

Merton Council

“ The support provided by Aether for this project was especially remarkable considering the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tools and methods used in order to engage local stakeholders really added value to the capacity building of the national team. ”

Shanna Emmanuel, Saint Lucia BUR Project Coordinator

“ Professional team and very collaborative communication. Effective result in terms of suggestions for improvement in the quality of the inventory and proposals on how to streamline specific topics. ”

Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research

“ Aether was a great asset in involving/engaging with Member States experts on highly technical subjects regarding GHG reporting. Very clear communication of issues and results. ”

Andreas Pilzecker, DG CLIMA

“ Engaging Aether to support us to develop the first GHG Inventory System and first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the United Republic of Tanzania has been a rewarding experience due to their high level of professionalism, creativity, timeliness and value for money. We will definitely consider Aether in our future initiatives. ”

Abbas Kitogo, Programme Specialist Energy and Climate Change, UNDP Tanzania

News - Air Pollution

Aether Experts Contribute to IPCC Report on Short-Lived Climate Forcers

Aether expands land development services

2025 Historical NECD, Projections NECD, ESR and LULUCF reviews

Annual meeting of the Task Force on Emissions Inventories and Projections (TFEIP)

Aether to support world-leading UK Government emissions inventory

Supreme Court Ruling Creates Clean Slate to Elevate Weight of Environmental Impact in Infrastructure Development

An Update on Aether’s Recent AQA Services

AQA news

Providing GHG and AP emission inventory training to the UAE

Devolved Administration Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Inventories

The 2021 Task Force on Emission Projections

Collaborative Meeting for Small Inventory Teams

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