London Air pollution at risk of breaching legal limit of Nitrogen Dioxide, after Mayor's announcement to improve air quality.
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Mayor of London, has now appointed King’s College London as duty forecaster in response to Londoners’ requests to receive information when air quality is high or very high. This January London had the cleanest January in 18 years, but the city is now on the verge of breaking the legal limit of toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
The law requires that the hourly measurement of toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) must not exceed 200 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) more than 18 times in a whole year.
From next week they will continuously monitor air pollution in London using the existing air quality monitoring network and cutting-edge modelling tools, delivering alerts as required. They will also directly notify a wider group of stakeholders so that the alerts are disseminated more widely and targeted at Londoners who are most vulnerable to the impacts of poor air, including those at schools, and potentially care homes, and GPs surgeries in the near future.
Timothy Baker, Principal Air Quality Analyst at King’s College London, said:
“This new role for King’s College London recognises that our twenty five year history of monitoring across London, in partnership with London’s boroughs, has given us an unrivalled understanding of air pollution in the Capital. Providing accurate, up-to-date information to the public is a central component of King’s civic duty, and this exciting new partnership with Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, will enable that message to be delivered directly to those most affected by air pollution.”
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Mayor of London, has now appointed King’s College London as duty forecaster in response to Londoners’ requests to receive information when air quality is high or very high. This January London had the cleanest January in 18 years, but the city is now on the verge of breaking the legal limit of toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
The law requires that the hourly measurement of toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) must not exceed 200 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) more than 18 times in a whole year.
From next week they will continuously monitor air pollution in London using the existing air quality monitoring network and cutting-edge modelling tools, delivering alerts as required. They will also directly notify a wider group of stakeholders so that the alerts are disseminated more widely and targeted at Londoners who are most vulnerable to the impacts of poor air, including those at schools, and potentially care homes, and GPs surgeries in the near future.
Timothy Baker, Principal Air Quality Analyst at King’s College London, said:
“This new role for King’s College London recognises that our twenty five year history of monitoring across London, in partnership with London’s boroughs, has given us an unrivalled understanding of air pollution in the Capital. Providing accurate, up-to-date information to the public is a central component of King’s civic duty, and this exciting new partnership with Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, will enable that message to be delivered directly to those most affected by air pollution.”
