Webinar No 17 On June 24, 2024, dr Omar Hahad, one of Europe’s leading specialists on the effects of environmental pollution on human health, spoke on Noise & Health. Dr. Omar Hahad is a stress researcher at the Center for Cardiology at the University Medical Center Mainz and at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research […]
Webinar No 16 Do we get more disturbed by aircraft noise than the official figures show? Is there a right metric to measure noise annoyance from aircraft? The way aircraft noise is measured is complex. Metrics are ways of measuring noise. Different metrics measure different things. We outline the key metrics used below. Decibels indicates […]
Webinar No 14 How to get people take the train instead of an aircraft? UECNA is looking for support for measures to reduce aircraft noise at European airports. These measures include significant investment in rail alternatives. Presentation by John Stewart, President of UECNA
Webinar No 12 Presented by two experts from the renowned Dutch consultancy, CE Delft, Arno Schroten is an expert on the monetairization of the environmental impacts of transport and a lead author of the EU handbook on the external costs of transport. Stefan Grebe is the team leader on Transport Economics at CE Delft.
Webinar No 11 Debi Wagner, longtime activist at Seatle-Tacoma International Airport and specialist on the topic, outlined community concerns. The chat is here : 20230306 Chat discussion webinar on ultrafine particles The transcript of the webinar is here (Thank you Larry Edwards) : Airport Ultra-fine Particles – Webinar for UECNA by Debi Wagner, (TRANSCRIPT) 6 Mar […]
Webinar No 10 A cap on the number flights allowed to use an airport – a good idea? UECNA chair John Stewart talked about his experiences at Heathrow and London City Airport, both of which have a cap.
Webinar No 9 Especially if you’re not interested in the topic, you should check it out. Because if you ignore it now, you shouldn’t complain later about the inconvenience it will cause… UECNA’s Dominique Lazarski, an international speaker on the topic, outlined their impact on towns & cities.
Webinar No 6 Our Webinar on Noise Metrics was on March 22nd 2022. It looked at the best ways to measure aircraft noise so that it reflects the way communities hear it. Our two speakers were Nicole Porter, a leading noise expert from the UK, and Elaine Miller, a campaigning from America. Noise metrics by […]
Webinar No 5 Our first webinar in 2022 was on February 3rd. In this webinar, we showed some of the best practices for dealing with airport communities, in the hopes that others can learn from them. We had two people telling their story: Professor Paul Hooper, Manchester Metropolitan University Manfred Peter, chair of the coalition […]
Webinar No 4 At our general meeting on December 11, 2021, we had a webinar about organizing a successful campaign. There were presentations by two experienced campaigners: Florian Sperk, who led the campaign which stopped a new runway at Munich Airport, John Stewart, who played a central role in defeating plans for a third runway […]