Webinar #15 in the RECLAIM Network Webinar Series took place on the 2nd August 2023.
Webinars will share best-practice and facilitate knowledge exchange between practitioners, researchers, policymakers, businesses, environmental groups, charities and individuals interested in implementation of green-blue-grey infrastructure for making our vulnerable living spaces more healthy, sustainable and resilient.
Speakers
Prof. Maria de Fatima Andrade
RECLAIM Advisory Board Member, Professor at the Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Sao Paulo
Title of the talk: “Greenhouse Gases Emission by urban areas: the case of Sao Paulo, Brazil ”
Biography
Prof. Maria de Fatima Andrade is a full professor at the Atmospheric Sciences Department in the University of São Paulo. She coordinates the “Laboratory for Analysis of Atmospheric Process (LAPAt)”. She has a PhD in Physics and has been working with atmospheric aerosols and air quality modeling for more than 30 years. Her projects are related to the description of emission, transformation, and removal process of atmospheric constituents. She has been involved in many projects related to air quality in urban areas of Brazil, mainly São Paulo Metropolitan Area. Her research has contributed on the evaluation of the emission factors from vehicular sources and ozone and secondary particles formation, and air quality modeling. Her research is interdisciplinary involving urban air pollution and health impacts, transport of pollutants and new technologies for aerosol measurements.
Rene Lindsay Sommer
Principal Urban Designer, SNC-Lavalin/Atkins
Title of the talk: “Towards bluer, greener and more active cities”
Biography
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