The 2025 ACAM training school and workshop were held in Bali, Indonesia, with the training school organized on 9-10 June, followed by the ACAM workshop on 11-13 June. The training school was attended by 40 early-career participants (students and postdocs), while over 100 participants attended the workshop. The training school focused on enhancing scientific and… Read more: 2025 ACAM Training School and Workshop, Bali, 9-13 June

We are delighted to announce the publication of a new open-access perspective paper, “A new generation of Early Career Researchers in atmospheric chemistry: Navigating a globalized scientific landscape” . Authored by current and past members of our own IGAC-iCACGP Early Career Researcher Scientific Steering Committee (ECR SSC) , this ‘Practice Bridge’ paper was written for… Read more: New Paper from IGAC-iCACGP ECR SSC Explores Early Career Researcher Challenges and Solutions

We are delighted to announce several key updates for the 2026 joint iCACGP-IGAC conference, taking place from 7-11 September 2026 in the historic city of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. This major event, centered on the theme “Atmospheric Chemistry within the Earth System: Understanding Changes and Impacts 2026,” is a premier opportunity for our community to share… Read more: Announcing iCACGP-IGAC 2026: Registration, Abstract Submission & Accommodation Now Open!

By Max Desservettaz, University of Wollongong, Australia – iCACGP member. On September 25, 2025, the global atmospheric science community came together for the second IGAC-iCACGP Early Career Researcher (ECR) Online Conference. Building on the success of the inaugural 2023 event, this year’s conference provided a vibrant, accessible, and truly global platform for the next generation… Read more: A Global Stage for the Next Generation: The 2nd IGAC-iCACGP ECR Online Conference

The International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) is proud to announce the formalisation of its updated commission objectives. This significant update, the result of over a year and a half of thorough internal consultation, provides a renewed strategic framework to guide the commission’s activities and better serve the global atmospheric science community.… Read more: iCACGP Finalises New Strategic Objectives, Strengthening Commitment to Community, ECRs, and Diversity

Busan, South Korea In a compelling keynote address at the BACO 2025 symposium, Professor Tong Zhu of Peking University delivered the main IAMAS plenary talk, providing a comprehensive overview of one of the most urgent challenges of our time: the intersecting health impacts of air pollution and climate change. Representing both iCACGP and IAMAS, Prof.… Read more: Prof. Tong Zhu Delivers Landmark IAMAS Plenary on the Intertwined Crises of Climate, Air Pollution, and Health

The International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) held its annual business meeting on July 20, 2025, in Busan, South Korea. The meeting was held at the BEXCO Convention Center just before the start of the BACO 2025 conference. A significant outcome from the meeting was the finalization of the commission’s revised objectives.… Read more: iCACGP Gathers in Busan for Annual Meeting and BACO 2025 Conference

SOLAS and IGAC hosted sessions at the EGU General Assembly 2025 (27 Apr – 2May):AS2.5: Air-sea Chemical Fluxes: Impacts on Biogeochemistry and Climate AS3.30: Transport and air pollution, from real-world emissions to their impacts The IGAC-iCACGP Early Career Researcher Poster Walk and Dinner held on the opening day of the EGU 2025 conference in Vienna brought together… Read more: SOLAS and IGAC sessions at EGU General Assembly 2025

The iCACGP members held their annual business meeting on 8 September 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The first session was joint with the IGAC SSC during which the group discussed past and future Early Career Research activities with members of the IGAC/iCACGP ECR SSC as well as IGAC/iCACGP positioning statements, format of future conferences, and… Read more: 2025 iCACGP annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

In 2017, the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) established the Paul J. Crutzen Award for Early Career Scientists as part of its 60th Anniversary celebrations. The 2022 winner will be presented with the award during a ceremony at the 2024 iCACGP-IGAC Joint Conference in Kuala Lumpur (9th-13th September 2024). Paul J.… Read more: Dr. Georgios Gkatzelis to Receive 2024 Paul J. Crutzen Award

SOLAS welcomes nominations to its international Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) for a term starting on 1 January 2025. The SSC functions as the central decision-making body for SOLAS and sets the scientific direction and priorities with support from the SOLAS International Project Office (IPO). It reflects the broad diversity of the SOLAS community in terms… Read more: 2024 Call for applications to SOLAS SSC and ECSC

Abstract submissions and registrations have opened for the 16th International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) Symposium and 18th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Science Conference (iCACGP-IGAC Conference 2024), scheduled to take place at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTC KL) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9th to 13th September 2024. Here are some… Read more:  2024 iCACGP-IGAC conference, ECR short course, Crutzen prize

SOLAS scientists recently published an article titled Science, international law, and policy across the air–sea interface in Elementa (link). This perspective article determines the extent to which processes operating across the air–sea interface are considered in international environmental policy. There is a lack of consideration in international regulation of the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean,… Read more: Science, international law, and policy across the air–sea interface

A letter recently published in Science by members of the iCACGP commission calls for more ambitious air quality goals than currently exist in the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG, which only focus on particulate matter, are not enough to protect human health and the environment. The commission argues that including more specific targets for different pollutants the… Read more: iCACGP calls for more ambitious air quality goals in SDGs

On November 17th, 2023, the newly established IGAC-iCACGP Early Career Researchers Scientific Steering Committee hosted its first-ever ECR online conference. The event was organized across three time zones to suit Asia/Oceania – Africa/Europe/Middle-East – Americas, with highlight talks, ice-breaking and climate interactive activities, skills workshops, and poster sessions (Conference Booklet). One of three poster sessions during the… Read more: Succesfull IGAC-iCACGP ECR online conference

Some of the pioneers of ICACGP have banded together to write a paper about Chris Junge and his tremendous contributions to atmospheric chemistry for the Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. Chris Junge was one of the first Presidents of iCACGP (then called iCACR), and he was the first atmospheric chemist to become President of IAMAS. Christian Junge… Read more: Christian Junge – a pioneer in global atmospheric chemistry