On 24 August the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) published a foresight brief on the subject of “Vehicle Tyre particles in the environment”. Written by a panel of academics and researchers – namely Reto Gieré, University of Pennsylvania; Jaydee Edwards, University of Pennsylvania; Volker Dietrich, German Meteorological Service; Radek Stoček, Polymer Research Lab and Tomáš Bata University, Zlín; as well as Gert Heinrich, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany – the briefing basically called for more work on the part of road, automotive and tyre industry stakeholders and ultimately better policy-based controls from governments.