We celebrate the Air Quality Awareness Week with an online conversation on "Air quality in cities, its effects on health, and the importance of environmental education" with experts from the Environmental Protection Agency of the USA, Paul Almodovar, Chief Environmental Engineer, Office of Planning and Standards for Air and Water Quality Madrid City Council, Ángeles Cristóbal, Deputy General Director of Sustainability of the Environment and Mobility Area.
Presented and moderated by Frank Talluto, Attaché for Economic and Scientific Affairs, US Embassy.
After the interventions, the forum will be opened to questions from the public.
The program will be developed in Spanish.
Speakers:
Angeles Christopher Lopez, Bachelor of Chemical Sciences and Sociology. Since 2008, she has been providing services to the Madrid City Council and is currently Sub-Director General for Sustainability in the Madrid City Council's Environment and Mobility Area, being responsible for managing the city's comprehensive air quality surveillance, prediction and information system. city of Madrid and the Department of Environmental Education. She has participated as a speaker in numerous courses, seminars and conferences.
Paul Almodovar, Lead Environmental Engineer/International Team Lead. Climate, International and Multimedia Group. Health and Environmental Impacts Division. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Office of Air and Radiation, US Environmental Protection Agency. Expert in hazardous air pollutants, known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious health and environmental problems; and in air pollution standards.