Programme

Wednesday 4 November

Session 1: Changes to Atmospheric Composition

09:00

Welcome: The IOP Environmental Physics Group
Hugh Deighton, Chair, Environmental Physics Group
Helen Rogers, Professor, New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE)

09:05

Introduction by the Session Chair
Lucy Carpenter, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of York

Keynote: Estimating lockdown induced European NO2 changes
Jerome Barre, Data Assimilation Scientist, ECMWF

Local Air Quality in the Supersite at Manchester
Thomas Bannan, University of Manchester

10:50

Session 1 Close

Session 2: Radiative Forcing and the Atmosphere’s Response

Introduction by the Session Chair
Emily Shuckburgh, Director, Cambridge Zero and Helen Rogers, Professor, New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE)

Keynote: What have we learned about climate from lockdown?
Nicolas Bellouin, Professor of Climate Processes, University of Reading

Quantification of the Primary Emission Changes in Europe due to the COVID-19 Quarantine Measures
Marc Guevara, Earth Sciences, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre

Q&A and Discussion led by Session Chair

Session 3: Climate Change Implications

14:00

Introduction by the Session Chair
Helen Macintyre, Senior Environmental Scientist, Climate Change and Health Group, Public Health England

Keynote: Lockdown and future pathways to sustainability: Learning and doing from broad perspectives
Paul Young, Climate Scientist and Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University

Current and future global climate impacts resulting from COVID19
Chris Smith, University of Leeds, UK and IIASA, Austria

Q&A and Discussion led by Session Chair

15:45

Session 3 Close