Cost-benefit analysis and air quality policy

May 1, 2008

Air quality policy measures implemented in the past decades have successfully reduced national pollutant emissions in all European countries. Not surprisingly, it now becomes more difficult to identify additional measures that will lead to meaningful emission...

Impact on the EU of SOx, NOx and primary PM2.5 emissions from shipping in the Mediterranean Sea: Summary of the findings of the Euro Delta Project

Feb 13, 2008

Report no. 1/08: This report discusses the outcome of modelling scenarios comparing the impact of emissions from ships in different areas of the Mediterranean with those from land-based emissions. The modelling uses the results of a recent emission inventory for the...

The compliance challenge from measuring PM10 concentrations

Nov 1, 2007

The First Air Quality Daughter Directive (1999/30/EC) establishes limit values for ambient concentrations of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter (PM10) and lead. This includes a 24-hour PM10 compliance limit that entered into...

Report of a Workshop on Environment and Health: Air Quality Research Needs in the EU 7th Framework Programme of Research

May 17, 2007

An open international workshop was convened to debate research needs for the EU in the field of health effects of ambient air pollution in the wider context of environmental factors and public health. The workshop provided scientific updates in a number of key areas...

New ship emissions inventory for the Mediterranean Sea

May 1, 2007

In order to provide an up-to-date ship emission inventory for the Mediterranean Sea, a study (further referred to as the ‘CONCAWE study’) was recently completed for CONCAWE by the environmental and engineering consultancy Entec UK Ltd. Entec have been involved in a...