Ricardo Air Quality and Climate Seminar (AQCS) is a forum for the exchange of information and best practice in the field of air quality and climate management in the UK. The AQCS is an extension of the Investigation of Air Pollution Standing Conference (IAPSC) which is a non-statutory consultative body that has provided a forum for discussion and information exchange on air pollution. The AQCS extends the current role of IAPSC which is to help in the co-ordination of collaborative air quality monitoring and the analysis of data resulting from investigations carried out by local and central government to include topical areas beyond air pollution, such as climate change.