II Symposium on tropospheric ozone and air quality in Spain

On the 15 and 16th of Setember 2016 the II Symposium on tropospheric ozone and air quality will be held in Valladolid, Spain.

European Agency of environment (EEA) and World Health Organization (WHO) latests estimations on the ozone pollution impact in health are very worrying. In the year 2013 caused 17,000 premature deaths in Europe, 1760’s them in Spain. Ozone causes important problems to the vegetation either reduces the yield of crops. Italy and Spain are the two European countries with greater damage on Agriculture according to the EEA

The purpose of the event is to facilitate information exchange and collaboration on ozone pollution problems and solutions specifically in the
urban transport. Best practices in alternative mobility and air quality developed in different Spanish cities will be presented calling on Governments to adopt policies decisive reduction of ozone precursors (oxides of nitrogen NOx and volatile organic compounds VOCs)