CBA under the microscope

Aug 29, 2014

General points Cost benefit analysis (CBA) seems to be increasingly referred to as a basis to support target setting for air quality policies when in the past (CAFE 2005 program) its function was to provide an ex-post perspective on costs and potential benefits...

Concentration Response Functions for Morbidity Endpoints under the Project HRAPIE

Aug 28, 2014

A review of the concentration response functions for morbidity endpoints under the HRAPIE project was conducted. The purpose of this review was to provide a critique on the use of concentration response functions (CRFs), endpoints and its scientific relevance for use...

Uncertainties under the microscope

May 16, 2014

This section is a summary of a paper prepared by CONCAWE as a contribution to the 4th meeting of the Stakeholder Expert Group on the EU Air Policy review. The study is based on the results of extensive sensitivity analysis undertaken by CONCAWE using their in-house...

CBA under the microscope

May 16, 2014

CONCAWE’s assessment of latest scientific information on valuation of benefits from aspects influencing mortality and morbidity factors reveals that proposed benefit numbers applied in recent Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) studies supporting the current Air Policy review...

Ecosystem services under the microscope

May 16, 2014

Ecosystem approaches can be defined as ’approaches to environmental management and policy making that aim to compare costs and benefits of management and policy options on the basis of an analysis of their impacts on the supply of benefits from ecosystems to people’....