The NACA council would like to Thank All the sponsors who made it possible to have our first post-covid In-person Conference #NACA2022 Asbonge.

NACA President Gabi Mkhatshwa opening the 2022 conference- it is great to see friends and colleagues in person again

Outgoing NACA president, Gabi Mkhatshwa Gabi, has kicked off the National Association for Clean Air 2022. So great to see our community in person again!

National Air Quality Officer Dr Patience Gwaze providing feedback on air quality management highlights and legislative developments National Association for Clean Air #NACA2022

#NACA2022 conference is part of Air Quality Week in South Africa. The week starts with meetings within government, moves to science-policy discussions with all stakeholders, and then today the NACA conference where the newest research on South African air quality are presented.

The National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Network in South Africa

Excited to be at our first in-person National Association for Clean Air #NACA2022 since the pandemic. First talk is from Air Quality Officer #DFFE on state of air. One of the main challenges of the year was H2S smell. I tried to unpack it here: theconversation.com/the-air-in-sou…

PM2.5 annual averages in South Africa, significant non-compliance with the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) #NACA2022 National Association for Clean Air

Dr Gwaza (National Air Quality Officer) discussing the regulatory developments relating to air quality management in South Africa #NACA2022 National Association for Clean Air

The DFFE air quality research objectives as presented by NAQO Dr Gwaze National Association for Clean Air #NACA2022

Prof Adams with a keynote on Reduced Complexity models for Air Quality management Rebecca Garland #NACA2022 National Association for Clean Air

Peter Adams Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies @ CMU highlights the important and different roles of CTM and RCMs for air quality management. CTMs will always be important for answering the big questions, but RCMs can fill the spaces in between. (CTM=Chemical transport model, RCM=Reduced Complexity Models)

Gerrit Kornelius University of Pretoria notes this is paper #36 of his for National Association for Clean Air. Gerrit has supported NACA in many roles including President and for many years as the editor of Clean Air Journal.

Former CAJ Editor Prof Gerrit Kornelius presenting his 36th NACA paper over a long and valuable career in Air Quality in South Africa - this paper is on “Tier 2 GHG emission factors for South African Liquid and solid fuels” National Association for Clean Air #NACA2022

The Eskom Workshop "Taking Eskom JET forward- Eskom repowering and repurposing projects" has begun at this year's National Association for Clean Air Eskom Hld SOC Ltd

The Law and Science tools in addressing air quality

Day 2 of this year's National Association for Clean Air has commenced! Ian Sampson kicks off the day with his talk: "The time is now to find each other to control pollution"

Thanks to sponsor SACNASP for their support of #NACA2022. This included sponsoring students to attend and present their work!

Yesterday I was asked: “what are the 5 things you think everyone needs to know?” So, I thought I’d share them here too: 1. This chart from the IPCC 6th Assessment Synthesis report, released this week, shows just how far away we are from limiting warming to below 2C: (1/11)

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary