Reading in the news - Fri 21 Nov

Curbing air pollution: Professor Laura Wilcox (Meteorology) spoke to The Conversation Weekly podcast (republished by Yahoo!News and Turkmenistan News) about China’s air pollution reduction efforts.

Climate change’s global impact: Professor Emmanuel Essah (Built Environment) spoke to ITV News at Ten (from 25:00) from COP30 in Brazil about the global impact of climate change. 

Health and wellbeing:

• ITV Meridian interviewed Dr Holly Joseph (Education, pictured) about the benefits of parents reading to their children. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Mirage News reported on a study co-authored by Dr Rebecca Spake (Ecology) on regulating the UK’s wild deer populations. 
• Phys.org (republished by World News) quoted Dr Kieran Hunt and Professor Andy Turner (both Meteorology) on monsoon activity in South Asia. From our story: Monsoon storms will bring heavier rains but become weaker 
• Newsbreak featured a tapestry created based on climate stripes developed by Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology). 
• Nashville Public Radio and various US broadcasters featured comments from Professor Maarten Ambaum (Meteorology) on cloud seeding. 

Business and society:

• HR World quoted Professor Nick Kemsley (Henley Business School) on employee hiring process strategies. 
• Barry van Zyl (Henley Business School Africa) was interviewed by The Money Show (republished by EWN) about music and leadership. 
• Jon Foster-Pedley (Dean, Henley Business School Africa) wrote for Currency on the US’s non-attendance to G20 summit 

Other coverage:

• Insider Media mentioned that Dr Keith Arundale (Henley Business School) was a speaker at the Reading Tech Cluster Reverse Pitch event. 

Alumni:

• Hannu-Matias Nurmi, Henley Business School Nordic graduate, wrote for DIF about relationships between CEOs and Board Chairs.  
• DailyFT reported that Dinesh de Silva, who studied at Henley Business School, has been added to the board of directors for PMF Finance