The University of Surrey’s Professor Prashant Kumar has been recognised by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) who have awarded him this year’s Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award for his work in the Education, Community Service, & Environmental Justice sector.
Air quality and climate change are perhaps the two greatest environmental challenges of modern times, demanding urgent action. More than nine million deaths are attributed to air pollution each year, while climate change amplifies existing risks and creates new ones.