From 6 to 8 of November, under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, the British Council and The Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, CONACYT) are holding a three-day workshop to bring together researchers to discuss methods to improve assessment of air pollution in Mexican and UK cities (https://goo.gl/nbEJWb). The workshop is being coordinated by Centro Mario Molina, and the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York, and will have contributions from other leading Mexican and UK researchers. Prof. Kumar from the University of Surrey is joining the event bringing insights and results from the iSCAPE project.