UNECE Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities

3rd Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities (EPCAC)
November 29, 2021

3rd Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities
Welcome Guus Velders & Roald Wolters (Co-chairs EPCAC)
Introduction to EPCAC Roald Wolters
 Part 1 – News - Updated WHO Guidelines and EU air quality revision
WHO global air quality guidelines 2021: Setting ambitious goals for air quality to protect public health Roman Perez Velasco (WHO)
Air quality – revision of EU rules Michael Klinkenberg/Johanna Lindner (EC)
Part 2 – Source apportionment and multi-scale air quality modelling
Recent applications of uEMEP for fine scale modelling in Europe Bruce Rolstad Denby (Met.no)
The 2021 Urban PM2.5 Atlas, are cities responsible for their air pollution? Philippe Thunis / Enrico Pisoni (JRC)
Sensitivity of air quality to emissions changes – contribution to FAIRMODE Cross-cutting Task 9 on Air Quality Model Projections Ranjeet Sokhi (Univ. Hertfordshire)
Part 3 – Multi-level governance: cooperation between local and national level
Multi level agreement on clean air in the Netherlands Karin Blaauw (Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and water management)
Joint effectiveness of the local/regional air quality plan: projected exposure in 2022 and 2026 in Poland Joanna Struzewska (Warshaw Univ of Techn.)
Part 4 – Modelling and monitoring requirements for policies
NO2 exposure in Austrian cities – comparison of different methods Christian Nagl (Umweltbundesamt – Environment Agency Austria Vienna)
Electrification of road transport and the impacts on air quality and health in the UK Daniel Mehlig (Imperial College)
Part 5 – Actions at the city level, experiences linking air and climate actions
Work being done in cities in the global south Beatriz Cárdenas (WRI)
London’s air pollution story – from pea-souper smogs to the Ultra Low Emission Zone Elliot Treharne (City of London)
Clean air in cities - case studies on air quality measures Levente Molnar (EEA)
Part 6 – What lessons can be learned from emission reductions during corona lockdown?
The effects of lockdown measures on air quality in Italy based on model simulations Ilaria D'Elia / Massimo D'Isidoro (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, ENEA)
COVID-19 lockdown only partially alleviates health impacts of air pollution in Northern Italy Lara Aleluia Reis (RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment)
Air quality & COVID pandemic: lessons to be learned – Portugal case study Alexandra Monteiro (University of Aveiro)
Conclusion Guus Velders

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CONTACT DETAILS

Guus Velders

Co-chair, EPCAC

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM),
PO Box 1,
3720 BA Bilthoven,
The Netherlands

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0 Fax:(+43 2236) 71 313