Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of @CleanAirLondon, has championed @WHO #AirQuality Guidelines to protect public health and the climate since 2006
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17 Sep 2024
🚨#CleanAirCities app now reveals #AirPollution at your current location globally for the last year, 24 hours and next 24 hours. Free to download for Apple tinyurl.com/CAICapple and Android tinyurl.com/CAICandroid devices. Tag #CleanAirNow in your city! 🌍📸📉 HT @NHM_London
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AIR POLLUTION ALERT | @CleanAirLondon is issuing an unprecedented long range forecast for CODE RED HIGH OZONE on CLEAN AIR DAY Thurs 18 June 2026 - 10 days ahead. Major episode powered by EL NINO. Ozone is the most-irritant gas for humans
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Bulletin Thurs 11 June 2026 | @metoffice now predicts weather front moving over the UK through the weekend (13-14 June) bringing cleaner air. Heatwave and HIGH #AirPollution is still likely later next week, including #CleanAirDay, but precise timing is less predictable
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Bulletin Fri 12 June 2026 | DOWNGRADE to #CodeAmber ADVISORY | Weather models no longer predict #Heatwave next week. There remains likelihood of brief HIGH temperatures 18-20 June. @CleanAirLondon is downgrading its #CodeRed alert to #CodeAmber advisory for that period. Possible #CodeYellow MODERATE #AirPollution sooner
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
Sea-surface temperature records are being shattered daily, and yet this El Nino is just getting started ...
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Jun 5
Breaking: The June ECMWF update has trended *even stronger* with this year's El Niño.
Almost every scenario now reaches past 3˚C, with a cluster of high-end scenarios in excess of 4˚C.
This outlook now depicts the strongest El Niño on record.
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Statutory guidance for
#Crematoria in the UK: process guidance note Local authority regulators must use this statutory process guidance note 5/2 (25) to assess applications and write permits for crematoria gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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May 31
I am pleased to share that the Federal Court of Australia has accepted my intervention as amicus curiae regarding the proposal to extend for more than 40 years the operating life of the North West Shelf Project (NWS)
🔗 Press release ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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CODE RED AIR POLLUTION ALERT for UK. Widespread multi-source episode Sun 24 to Fri 29 May 2026. Waves of particles and ozone with HIGH (7-9/10) in places at times. Possible unprecedented CODE BLACK ozone. Check official updates and health advice and Clean Air in Cities app
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Update from Paris << France is setting an outstanding example in how countries should warn people about ozone air pollution episodes and take action to reduce it. Merci @prefpolice
May 29
Fin de l’épisode de pollution à l'Ozone (O₃) en Île-de-France :
➡️ Levée des mesures de restriction à compter de ce vendredi 29 mai 2026 à partir de 23h59.
Consultez notre communiqué de presse ⬇️
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More official updates in France << Warning and advising people about #AirPollution not hiding it
#QualitéAir
La procédure d'information-recommandation est activée ce jour pour une pollution de l'air dans le bassin Lyonnais Nord Isère
👉 Personnes sensibles et vulnérables: limiter les sorties et les efforts physiques intenses en plein air
👉Plus d'informations: atmo-auvergnerhonealpes.fr
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May 30
Facing the triple planetary crisis, 141 nations voted in favour of the resolution regarding the @CIJ_ICJ advisory opinion clarifying States' obligations on climate change. This is a very positive step for the world!
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May 30
London to miss 2030 net-zero target, mayor admits ➡️ bbc.in/3QaZAKg
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May 28
@CleanAirLondon "How can an expanded Heathrow achieve a doubling of freight without breaching legal air quality limits or WHO guidance levels?"
Heathrow is already one of the UK’s worst air pollution hotspots. Government analysis has warned a 3rd runway would have a “significant negative” impact on air quality. No credible evidence has shown how expansion can stay within legal limits no3rdrunwaycoalition.co.uk/_…
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