Roads decarbonisation sees huge reduction in emissions

Roads decarbonisation sees huge reduction in emissions

Liverpool is making huge strides toward its net zero ambitions through an innovative programme that could save up to 71% of carbon emissions from the city’s roads. ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads in the UK is a three-year, UK-wide £30 million programme...

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Changes to improve Walton Vale Air Quality

Changes to improve Walton Vale Air Quality

In October 2018, the Council was instructed by the Government to produce a Clean Air Plan (CAP) with the aim being to look at how air quality could be improved by reducing the levels of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) in the air, in the ‘shortest possible time'. NO2 is a gas...

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Consultation on consolidation of Smoke Control Areas

Consultation on consolidation of Smoke Control Areas

Liverpool City Council are to declare a single Smoke Control Area for the whole of the city by proposing to merge historic Smoke Control Orders into a single, new, Smoke Control Order. This will be done by revoking the old Smoke Control Orders and making a new Smoke...

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AI world premiere helps to bang drum on air quality

AI world premiere helps to bang drum on air quality

​Liverpool has turned its famous musical talent to AI for a world premiere influenced by….air pollution! Liverpool City Council, the University of Liverpool and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra have combined to create a piece of AI-written music to promote...

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Liverpool shines spotlight on climate action

Liverpool shines spotlight on climate action

​Live audience podcasts, curated Q&A sessions and artistic performances will spotlight Liverpool’s ambitions to become the most sustainable city for film, TV and music – on the planet! On Friday 29 and Saturday 30 November, a special two-day event, Expedition One,...

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More Liverpool schools help to clear the air

More Liverpool schools help to clear the air

​ Liverpool City Council is set to phase in camera enforcement at six further locations around primary schools to improve safety and boost air quality. Known as School Streets, this project involves introducing a range of measures on roads close to schools that will...

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Green Liverpool projects chosen for climate challenge award

Green Liverpool projects chosen for climate challenge award

​A series of greening projects to complement new active travel routes in Liverpool have been awarded funding from a European-wide climate grant. Liverpool is just one of five cities chosen from a list of 100 to be supported by the Sustainable Cities Mobility Challenge...

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Have your say on next steps for active travel in Liverpool

Have your say on next steps for active travel in Liverpool

​Liverpool City Council has launched a public consultation to inform how and where the city invests in new infrastructure that will encourage people to walk and cycle more often.   The two week online consultation is primarily aimed at enabling the Council, which is...

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Revamp of ‘magical’ active travel corridor completed!

Revamp of ‘magical’ active travel corridor completed!

he completion of the first major upgrade to one of Liverpool’s key active travel corridors has been hailed as “a game-changer” for the city’s population. The historic Liverpool Loop Line, laid out on a former disused railway that closed in 1964, was originally...

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Council seeks views on major new active travel route

Council seeks views on major new active travel route

A public consultation has launched today (Monday, 19 June) on a major new active travel route in the city. Liverpool City Council is asking the public for their feedback on the proposed active travel route, which would run for approximately 8km from Childwall through...

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Air Quality

Our handy map makes it easy to see what the current and historic air pollution levels are like in your area by bringing you the very latest information from air quality monitoring conducted by Liverpool City Council and Defra.

Screenshot of live air quality map

Image above is visual only. Click link to see live map. Air quality levels in Liverpool sourced from Liverpool City Council  and Defra.
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