IIASA - Atmospheric Pollution and Economic Development

Background material for the UN/ECE Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling

32nd Session of the EMEP Steering Body, Geneva, September 8-10, 2008

Progress in Integrated Assessment Modelling. Download presentation ...

42nd Session of the Working Group on Strategies and Reviews, Geneva, September 1-5, 2008

CIAM Report 2/2008: “Baseline emission projections for the revision of the Gothenburg protocol up to 2020”. Background paper for the 42nd Session of the Working Group on Strategies and Review.

34th Meeting, Madrid, May 7-9, 2008

Presentation slides:

State of play of the National Emission Ceilings Directive. Download ...
Emission control potentials in non-EU countries. Download ...
GAINS-Asia: Synergies between air pollution control and GHG mitigation in Asia. Download ...

41st Session of the Working Group on Strategies and Reviews, Geneva, April 15-17, 2008

CIAM Report 1/2008: "Scenarios of SO2, NOx, and PM emissions in the non-EU countries up to 2020." Background paper for the 41st Session of the Working Group on Strategies and Review.

25th Session of the Executive Body of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

The Report of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling on the Review of the Gothenburg Protocol. Download ...

33rd Meeting, Prague, May 2-4, 2007

Presentation slides:

Recent methodological changes in the GAINS model. Download ...
EC4MACSEuropean Consortium for Modelling of Air Pollution and Climate Strategies Overview of the 5 years work plan. Download ...
Emission control scenarios for EU and non-EU countries. Download ...

32nd Meeting, Rome, May 17-19, 2006

Presentation slides:

Ongoing improvements in the modelling of agricultural emissions. Download ...
Status of the RAINS model development for the review of the Gothenburg Protocol. Download ...
Development of the NEC baseline scenario - State of play. Download ...
State of model development: RAINS/GAINS. Download ...

31st Meeting, Gothenburg, December 6-8, 2005

Presentation slides:

Non-technical measures offer cost-effective potentials for further emission reductions. Download powerpoint file
Evaluation of CAFE scenarios and outstanding modelling issues. Download powerpoint file
Methodologies for an effect-based approach. Download powerpoint file
Sensitivity analyses for the CAFE policy scenarios. Download powerpoint file
The GAINS model - State of play. Download powerpoint file

30^th Meeting, Berlin, May 25-27, 2005

Presentation slides:

Baseline emission projections and scope for further reductions in Europe up to 2020. Download powerpoint file
Options for Setting Environmental Interim Targets for Health for CAFE. Download powerpoint file
The three CAFE policy scenarios. Downloadpowerpoint file
Sensitivity analyses for the CAFE policy scenarios Download powerpoint file
The potential for further reductions of PM emissions in Europe Download powerpoint file

29^th Meeting, Amiens, May 10-12, 2004

Presentation slides:

Draft Baseline Scenarios for CAFE. Download powerpoint file
Modelling synergies and trade-offs between mitigation of GHGs and air pollution with the RAINS model. Download powerpoint file
Recent developments of the RAINS model. Download powerpoint file

28^th Meeting, Haarlem, May, 2003

Presentation slides:

Progress in developing the baseline scenario for CAFE. Download powerpoint file
City-Delta: A European model-intercomparison study in support to the CAFE programme on EU environmental legislation. Download powerpoint file
Workshop report on Linkages and Synergies of regional and global emission control. Download powerpoint file

27^thMeeting, Oslo, May 13-15, 2002

Background paper prepared by IIASA:

A methodology to estimate changes in statistical life expectancy due to the control of particulate matter air pollution. Interim Report by R. Mechler et al., IR-02-035. Download pdf file

Presentation slides:

Emission projections for the northern hemisphere. Download powerpoint file
A methodology to estimate changes in statistical life expectancy due to the control of particulate matter air pollution. Download powerpoint file
City-Delta. A model intercomparison exercise for urban dispersion models. Download powerpoint file (620 kB)
Air pollution and climate. Download powerpoint file

26^th Meeting, Brussels, May 14-16, 2001

Background paper prepared by IIASA:

From Economic Activities to Critical Load Exceedances in Europe - An Uncertainty Analysis of Two Scenarios of the RAINS Integrated Assessment Model. IIASA Interim Report, May 2001.

Presentation slides:

Emission Projections for 2020. Results from a study for the European Environment Agency. Download powerpoint file
Projections of SO2, NOx, NH3 and VOC Emissions in East Asia up to 2030. Download powerpoint file
Potential and Costs for Controlling Particulate Matter in Europe. Download powerpoint file
From Economic Activity to Ecosystems Protection in Europe. Download powerpoint file

25^th Meeting, Stockholm, April 10-12, 2000

Background paper prepared by IIASA:

An Initial Framework to Assess the Control of Fine Particulate Matter in Europe. IIASA Interim Report, April 2000 - Download pdf file
Further analysis of scenario results obtained with the RAINS model. A second report prepared for the Ministère de L’Aménagement du Territoire et de l’Environment Direction de la Prévention des Pollutions et des Risques, Paris. Download pdf file

The Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

Reports, analyses, etc.

24^th Meeting, Rome, June 7-9, 1999

Further analysis of scenario results obtained with the RAINS model. A second report prepared for the Ministère de L’Aménagement du Territoire et de l’Environment Direction de la Prévention des Pollutions et des Risques, Paris. Download pdf file

23^rd Meeting, Les Diablerets, March 10-12, 1999

Background papers prepared by IIASA:

Sensitivity Analysis for a Central Scenario to Control Acidification and Ground-level Ozone in Europe - Download pdf document
Limiting Marginal Costs of Emission Reductions and Uniform per-capita Emission Scenarios Download (pdf document 322 kB)

22^nd Meeting, London, Nov 30 - Dec 2, 1998

Background papers prepared by IIASA:

1. Emission control scenarios requested by the Working Group on Strategies.

Download Part A - Methodology and Databases(pdf document 460 kB)
Download Part B - Scenarios(pdf document, 2345 kB)
Download data files: - Emissions(191 kB) - Exposure indices(176 kB) (these are Excel95 worksheets with scenario results)

2. Optimized and non-optimized emission reduction strategies