Emissions Prevention, Monitoring, and Response
Test Bed Vision:
Imagine a future where we can breathe safely, where ecosystems are not threatened by atmospheric emissions and where the quality of life is maintained for all without dangerous climatic change. Imagine a technological revolution that cleans, rather than pollutes the atmosphere.
A cartoon diagram representing a vision of the future of emissions prevention, monitoring, and response. A person scans the sky using futuristic glasses, and drones and other aviation machines, along with ground-based sensors, monitor emissions from industry, livestock, and transportation.
A vision of the future of emissions prevention, monitoring, and response.
The emission testbed aimed to harness interdisciplinary sciences to provide fundamental knowledge of the life cycle of pollutants, their physical and chemical properties, and their impact on ecosystems, human health, and the built environment. This knowledge underpins the development of approaches that will prevent their formation; techniques to monitor and track their distribution and concentration, and technologies to remove, reuse or destroy them.
This test bed was led by Cindy Ong and Jim Patel from CSIRO’s Energy, and was a collaboration by staff from CSIRO’s Energy, Mineral Resources, Oceans and Atmosphere, and Manufacturing.