UNECE Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities

4th Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities (EPCAC)
November 16, 2022

4th Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities
Welcome Guus Velders & Roald Wolters (Co-chairs EPCAC)
Introduction to EPCAC Roald Wolters
 Part 1 – News/developments (e.g. Gothenburg Protocol Review, EU air quality directive)
The revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives. Michael Klinkenberg (European Commission)
Status of the Gothenburg protocol review. Rob Maas (co-chair TFIAM, RIVM)
Eurocities’ recommendations on the revised EU framework on air quality. Martin Lutz (Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz )
Part 2 – Progress in local air quality modelling methodologies
Can the WHO air quality guidelines be attained under a revised Gothenburg protocol? Future scenarios for the EU, West Balkans and EECCA. Bruce Rolstad Denby (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)
Source contributions to city level PM2.5 under future scenarios for Europe and EECCA. Gregor Kiesewetter (IIASA, Laxenburg)
Levels and patterns of UFP and BC in urban Europe from the RI-URBANS project. Xavier Querol (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona)
Part 3 – Assessment of health impacts of emission reductions of specific PM species and the relation with NO2
Systematic review of selected health effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution. Hanna Boogaard (Health Effects Institute, Boston)
Spatial and sector-specific contributions to ambient air pollution and mortality in European cities: a SHERPA modelling study. Sasha Khomenko (Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal)
Air pollution health impacts and cost estimation in Western Balkans' cities. Claudio Belis and Rita van Dingenen (EC, Joint Research Centre)
Health impact assessment of specific PM species and the relation with NO2. Michael Holland (EMRC)
Should we use separate risk functions for near-source and long-range PM? David Segersson (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute)
Contribution of agriculture to the PM pollution in Lombardy - A data science study. Lara Aleluia Reis (RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment)
Impact of traffic emissions on air quality in Warsaw. Joanna Strużewska (Institute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute, IEP -NRI)
Part 4 – Experiences, future workplans and actions at city level. Working towards the revised WHO guidelines
Attainability of 2021 WHO air quality guidelines, Assessment, plans and progress of the air quality in the Netherlands. Paul Ruyssenaars (RIVM, Netherlands)
Citizen science for cleaner air and healthier cities in action. Núria Castell (NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research)
Modelling the effect of low carbon energy strategies on city air pollution. Mark Barrett (UCL Energy Institute)
Part 5 – International co-operation: information needs to improve local air quality in EECCA and non-UNECE countries
International Cooperation in East Asia – Past, Present and Future. Young Sunwoo (International Union of Air Pollution Prevention & Environmental Protection Associations, IUAPPA)
Assessing Air Quality in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Chris Dore (AETHER)
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