EMEP Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling

		Co-operative programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe
msc-w	msc-e	ccc	ciam
Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - West	Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - East	Chemical Co-ordinating Centre	Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling

The EMEP Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling

at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

In 1999 the Executive Body of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution decided to include integrated assessment into the core activities of the Co-operative programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP) and to establish a Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling (CIAM) building on past modelling work, in particular the RAINS model (ECE/EB.AIR/68, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 1999).Work at CIAM will analyze scenarios for cost-effective reductions of acidification, eutrophication, tropospheric ozone and related phenomena, especially fine particulate matter pollution. Modelling covers

abatement options for reducing emissions of SO₂, NOx, VOC, NH₃ and fine particulate matter, including structural measures in the energy, transport and agricultural sector, and their costs;
projections of emissions, including the consequences of implementing current legislation;
assessment of the atmospheric transport of substances; and
analyses of the environmental and health effects and the economic benefits of emission reduction.

CIAM serves the UN/ECE Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (TFIAM):

NEW: Joint CIAM/CCE REPORT 1/2001 (Prepared for the EMEP Steering Body Session in September 2001)):
From Economic Activities to Ecosystem Protection in Europe -
An Uncertainty Analysis of Two Scenarios of the RAINS Integrated Assessment Model - download pdf file

Link toTFIAM reports prepared by CIAM

Link to the RAINS Home Page at IIASA