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Maximising the impact of NERC research: facilitating knowledge exchange between the UK atmospheric science community and Defra.

最大限度地发挥 NERC 研究的影响：促进英国大气科学界和 Defra 之间的知识交流。

基本信息

批准号：
NE/N005430/1
负责人：
Sarah Moller
金额：
$ 8.67万
依托单位：
University of York
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FN005430%2F1
关键词：
Maximising impact NERC research facilitating

项目摘要

Air quality is a significant public health issue in the UK and globally; the United Nations Environment Programme called air pollution the World's Worst Environmental Health Risk (1), with 3.7 million deaths worldwide attributed to degraded air quality in 2012 (2). In 2013, the Public Health Outcomes Framework for England included an indicator of mortality associated with air pollution, further demonstrating its recognised importance as a major environmental risk to health. It is essential, therefore that effective mechanisms are developed to ensure that the high quality air pollution research carried out by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), the UK's largest funder of independent environmental science research, is appropriately communicated to and informed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) who are the government department responsible for this issue. While there are existing processes to facilitate the communication of air pollution research to Defra, mounting evidence of the costs of air pollution on UK public health strongly favour an increasing scale of interactions between research and policy. With continuing pressure to deliver scientific evidence for policy more efficiently, there is both the need and opportunity to improve the use of existing mechanisms and to develop new channels and tools for more effective communication of research to policy and the reciprocal transfer of evidence needs from Defra to the research community. This fellowship will facilitate effective communication between the UK atmospheric science research community and Defra's Atmosphere and Industrial Emissions Team (AIE), extending existing mechanisms to develop longer-term and more sustainable working relationships between these two groups and increasing the potential for impact from NERC air quality research in UK government, public policy and Europe.The primary aim is to promote co-production of research and to increase awareness of the evidence needs of policy to provide increased policy impact from NERC science. The activities focus around getting NERC atmospheric researchers and Defra's Atmosphere and Industrial Emissions team together in situations that facilitate knowledge exchange, discussion of research priorities and opportunities, and relationship building, without creating unnecessary burdens on time or resources. As part of the NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science programme of meetings, fora will be organised for researchers and policy-makers to discuss policy relevant atmospheric science and the future of research in these crucial areas of science. Workshops and dedicated sessions will also be organised at key meetings and conferences and seminars will be delivered at UK universities that carry out NERC air pollution research. An effective mechanism already used by Defra to synthesise the vast and complex research base for air quality is the Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG). AQEG are an Expert Committee that provides independent scientific advice on air quality to Defra and the Devolved Administrations. The fellowship will aim to increase the visibility of AQEG and its outputs to maximise the value of this resource for communicating air quality evidence to policy-makers. This fellowship aims to provide greater awareness from the NERC community of Defra's air quality evidence needs and an improvement in Defra's access to the high quality research being carried out by NERC. Through this work effective networks can be built and maintained enabling long-term knowledge exchange across the policy-science interface maximising the UK's ability to produce cutting-edge air quality research with policy relevance and to realise the potential benefit for society.References:1. Emerging issues in our global environment, UNEP Yearbook 2014.2. Burden of disease from Ambient Air Pollution for 2012, WHO 2014.3. The business of the environment, Delivery Plan 2015/16, NERC

在英国和全球，空气质量是一个重要的公共卫生问题；联合国环境规划署将空气污染称为世界上最严重的环境健康风险(1)，2012年全球有370万人死于空气质量恶化(2)。2013年，《英格兰公共卫生成果框架》纳入了一项与空气污染有关的死亡率指标，进一步表明空气污染作为对健康的主要环境风险的公认重要性。因此，必须建立有效的机制，以确保英国最大的独立环境科学研究资助者自然环境研究委员会（NERC）开展的高质量空气污染研究与负责该问题的政府部门环境、食品和农村事务部（Defra）进行适当的沟通和通报。虽然现有的流程可以促进空气污染研究与Defra的交流，但越来越多的证据表明，空气污染对英国公众健康的影响，强烈支持研究与政策之间扩大互动的规模。面对更有效地为政策提供科学证据的持续压力，我们既需要也有机会改进现有机制的使用，并开发新的渠道和工具，以更有效地将研究与政策进行沟通，并将证据需求从Defra相互转移到研究界。该奖学金将促进英国大气科学研究界与Defra大气和工业排放小组（AIE）之间的有效沟通，扩展现有机制，以发展这两个小组之间更长期、更可持续的工作关系，并增加NERC空气质量研究对英国政府、公共政策和欧洲的潜在影响。其主要目标是促进研究的合作生产，提高对政策证据需求的认识，以提供更多来自NERC科学的政策影响。这些活动的重点是将NERC大气研究人员和Defra大气和工业排放团队聚集在一起，促进知识交流，讨论研究重点和机会，建立关系，而不会造成不必要的时间或资源负担。作为NERC国家大气科学中心会议计划的一部分，将为研究人员和决策者组织论坛，讨论与大气科学相关的政策以及这些关键科学领域的研究未来。还将在进行NERC空气污染研究的英国大学举行的重要会议和研讨会上组织讲习班和专门会议。Defra已经使用了一个有效的机制来综合庞大而复杂的空气质量研究基地，即空气质量专家组（AQEG）。AQEG是一个专家委员会，就空气质量向Defra和地方政府提供独立的科学建议。该奖学金旨在提高AQEG及其产出的可见度，以最大限度地发挥这一资源的价值，向决策者传达空气质量证据。该奖学金旨在提高环境与环境委员会社区对环境与环境事务部空气质量证据需求的认识，并改善环境与环境事务部对环境与环境委员会进行的高质量研究的访问。通过这项工作，可以建立和维护有效的网络，使政策-科学界面之间的长期知识交流能够最大化英国进行具有政策相关性的尖端空气质量研究的能力，并实现对社会的潜在利益。全球环境中的新问题，环境署年鉴2014.2。《2012年环境空气污染造成的疾病负担》，WHO 2014.3。环境业务，交付计划2015/16，NERC