The Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) programme of the EU

Supported by its Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) programme, the European Commission has developed a long-term, strategic and integrated policy to protect against the effects of air pollution on human health and the environment. CAFE provided the scientific rationale for the environmental interim objectives presented by the European Commission in its Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution.

This web site provides key documents produced with IIASA's RAINS model for the CAFE programme.

The Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution

The first integrated clean air strategy has been adopted by the European Commission in September 2005:

• Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (COM(2005) 446), provisional version
• Directive on Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe (the “CAFE” Directive) (COM(2005) 447), provisional version
• Impact Assessment of the Thematic Strategy and the CAFE Directive (SEC(2005) 1133) : Summary , Full report
• More information on the Thematic Strategy and CAFE

CAFE reports and stakeholder consultations:

All data of the CAFE baseline scenario are available from the web-version of the RAINS model.

• May 5, 2006: CAFE Report # 8: The potential for further control of emissions of fine particulate matter in Europe
  
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• September 30, 2005: CAFE Report # 7: A further emission control scenario for the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme presenting the detailed results of the scenario adopted by the European Commission
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• April 15, 2005: CAFE Report # 6: Analysis for the final CAFE scenario.
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• March 17, 2005: CAFE Report # 5: Exploratory CAFE scenarios for further improvements of European air quality.
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  • Download Excel sheets with detailed scenario results
    
• February 3, 2005: CAFE Report # 4: Target Setting Approaches for Cost-effective Reductions of Population Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter in Europe.
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• January 12, 2005: CAFE Report # 3: First Results from the RAINS Multi-Pollutant/Multi-Effect Optimization including Fine Particulate Matter ).

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• November 17, 2004: CAFE Report # 2: The “Current Legislation” and the“Maximum Technically Feasible Reduction” cases for the CAFE baseline emission projections .
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• September 27, 2004: 4th CAFE Stakeholder Consultation and CAFE Report # 1: Baseline Scenarios for the Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Programme.
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  • The powerpoint presentation on the baseline emission projections
  • The powerpoint presentation on the baseline air quality impacts
  • The powerpoint presentation on the key findings of the CAFE baseline scenario
  • Access to all data of the CAFE baseline scenario via the RAINS Internet version
    
• April 30, 2004: 3rd CAFE Stakeholder Consultation on the draft baseline scenarios:
  • Download Presentation slides on the draft CAFE baseline scenarios
    
• October 2003 to March 2004: 2nd Stakeholder Consultation: IIASA hosted a series of bilateral consultations with national experts and industrial stakeholders to review the RAINS databases that will be used for the development of the CAFE baseline scenario. Timetable for bilateral consultations on the CAFE baseline scenario
  
• May 27-28, 2003: 1st CAFE Stakeholder Consultation on the development of the CAFE baseline, Brussels. Material including the final version of the minutes from the meeting
  
• In September 2002, the European Commission has awarded IIASA a contract for developing the baseline scenario and the integrated assessment modelling work within CAFE. Download IIASA's tender ....

Link to the CAFE homepage of the European Commission

Link to the CIRCA website for CAFE Baseline Stakeholder Consultation

Responsible for this page: Markus Amann
Last updated: 15 Dec 2008