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4 +====== **Social challenge/ impact linked to:** ======
5 +)))|Environmental
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7 +====== **Level of importance** ======
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9 +Delete as appropriate:
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11 +**1** - High Importance / must have
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13 +**2** - Medium Importance / good to have
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15 +**3** - Low importance / Not needed
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18 +====== **Description** ======
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20 +Atmospheric aerosol loading is included in the SRC’s planetary boundaries due to its impact on the Earth’s climate and on human health. It occurs when particulate pollutants are given off into the atmosphere through both naturally occurring processes and through human activity such as the burning of coal, forests and crops, or the diesel fumes emitted and dust thrown up by vehicles. The SRC points out that particulate pollution can already be seen to have affected local climates and weather systems in highly polluted areas. It also highlights the fact that inhalation of polluted air causes the premature deaths of around 800,000 people per year globally.
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22 +The impact of aerosol loading on weather systems is significant. However, a method for understanding or measuring its impacts has, as yet, proved elusive. The SRC/SEI report points out that, ‘Complexity in terms of the variety of particles, sources, impacts, and spatial and temporal distribution make it currently impossible to discuss a critical boundary for the Earth as a whole.’
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24 +The absence of a planetary boundary, therefore, has led us to explore an alternative indicator of national relevance.
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27 +====== **Scale as linked to D2.2 framework** ======
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31 +* National
32 +* City
33 +* Neighborhood
34 +* Street
35 +* Household
36 +* Object
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39 +====== **Data source and input type** ======
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41 +* Air quality data
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44 +====== **Connection with SDGs** ======
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48 +* Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
49 +* Goal 13: Climate action
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52 +====== **Required Data** ======
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54 +* PM10 levels
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57 +====== **Expected Outputs** ======
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59 +* per cent higher/lower than boundary
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62 +====== **Calculation methods** ======
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64 +* setting the boundary: The WHO-recommended upper limit for PM10s is an annual mean of 20 µgm
65 +* calculation according to that boundary: Annual national mean PM10 levels at roadside testing sites are 5 percent higher than WHO recommendations (UK 2013).
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68 +====== **Level of expertise required** ======
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70 +* High
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73 +====== **Links and references** ======
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75 +* Friends of the Earth Scotland ‘Scotland’s Most Polluted Streets in 2013’ [[http:~~/~~/www.foe-scotland.org.uk/node/1740>>http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/node/1740]]
76 +* Scottish Air Quality Data http:~/~/www.scottishairquality.co.uk/data/trends#pm10
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79 +Revisions
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81 +|**Version**|**Name**|**Date**|**Changes made**
82 +|**0.1**| | |Factsheet created
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