Climate change policy assessment
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Meta-level variable: research question for the assessment
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Scope
What is a good scope for this assessment such that the assessment
- effectively builds on existing work and work that will be done anyway in Intarese, Heimtsa, KTL, or other closely related institutes,
- acts as the Intarese mega case study as a part of the WP4.3 work,
- utilises the tools and methods developed in Intarese,
- is topical and has high policy relevance, e.g. related to COP-15 (Dec 2009) or Conference of Environment and Health Ministers of Europe (early 2010?),
- assesses issues on the European scale,
- is prognostic, i.e. assesses future impacts of current policy options?
- relates to the impacts of climate change,
- relates to the impacts of climate change mitigation policies,
- the parts of the assessment have shared parts, such as population data, future trends of climate, and/or international policies such as emission trade systems,
- the assessment shows clear synergism in working collaboratively between its parts?
Definition
Data
Common issues in projects that are currently running in the Intarese/Heimtsa/KTL domain. More detailed descriptions can be found from a previous version of this page.
- Descriptions of related projects and some more in a related Talk page.
- A list of topics and material that might be useful as parts of this assessment
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| Intarese WP3.1 Traffic |
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| Intarese WP3.2 Housing |
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| Intarese WP3.3 Agriculture |
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| Intarese WP3.4 Drinking water |
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| Intarese WP3.5 Household chemicals | - | - |
| Intarese WP3.6 Waste |
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| Intarese WP3.7 Climate change |
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| Heimtsa indoor air |
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| Heimtsa outdoor air |
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| Heimtsa noise |
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| Heimtsa complex pollutants | - | - |
| Emission trade and city-level policies (ETS-CL) |
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| Claih (Climate change, indoor, and health) |
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| Bioher (Biofuels and health in heating) |
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| Hiwate |
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| Climate trend data | Housing, Agriculture, Drinking water, Climate change, Outdoor air, ETS-CL, Claih, Bioher, Hiwate | |
| Climate change mitigation policies | Traffic, Drinking water, ETS-CL, Claih, Bioher, Hiwate | |
| European population data | All projects | |
Result
The Intarese mega case study should include the following elements:
- Pollutants: PM2.5. CO2, other greenhouse gases. O3 and related UV radiation. Noise.
- Climate trends: All trends (temperature changes given different emission scenarios) presented in the IPCC report.
- Population: the population of the European Union. The level of detail may vary from one area to another.
- Sectors of activity: Traffic. Heat and electricity production. Drinking water production (tap/bottled). Waste incineration.
Detailed results are shown in the scope of the assessment described below.
Climate change policy assessment
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Scope
Purpose
A tentative research questions:D↷
- What are the impacts of climate change in Europe?
- What are the impacts of climate change mitigation in Europe?
Boundaries
- Population in Europe
- Time 2008-2050
- Climate patterns in the future based on IPCC results and predictions.
Scenarios
Intended users
Participants
Definition
Variables
Variables and/or assessments that may be useful in this assessment.
- op_en:IA on carbon trade and its city-level impacts and all its variables
- EC emission trade system (ETS) is imposed to Helsinki. What difference does this make to i) societal and ii) individual decisions related to a) transportation, b) heat and electricity production?
- op_en:Cost-benefit assessment on composite traffic in Helsinki Composite traffic project (2005)
- What if X% of private car trips would be aggregated and organised centrally?
- op_en:ERF of PM2.5 on mortality in general population
- op_en:Fine particles
- op_en:Gasbus - health impacts of Helsinki bus traffic GASBUS project (2004)
- What are the impacts on mortality if busses in Helsinki are changed from diesel to natural gas or diesel with modern filters?
- op_en:Health and climate impacts of heat production in small municipalities (BIOHER)
- In municipalities of size 2000-10000 inhabitants, what are the health and climate effects of heating systems? Options: centralised <10 MW facility burning a) heavy fuel oil or b) wood chips, or house-level heating with c) light oil, d) wood pellets, or e) electricity?
- op_en:Risk assessment of nitrate in drinking water Intarese WP3.4 first pass
- What are the health impacts of nitrate in drinking water on infant methemoglobinaemia (iMetHb) in England and Wales?
- WP3.4 Assessment of the health impacts of bladder cancer associated with arsenic in drinking water Intarese WP3.4
- WP3.4 Assessment of the health impacts of bladder cancer associated with THMs in drinking water Intarese WP3.4
- WP3.4 Assessment of the health impacts of SGA associated with THMs in drinking water Intarese WP3.4 Päivi, James
- en_op:HIA on climate change, air pollution, and indoor air CLAIH project
- What are the impacts of climate change on PM2.5 levels in Finland?
- What are the interactions of climate change and energy efficiency needs of housing in Finland?
- KOPRA/Piltti projects (finished already but data suits well in this project)
- What are the health impacts of PM emissions from sources in Finland?
- Heimtsa: Noise case
- What are the health impacts of noise in Europe?
- Heimtsa: outdoor air
- What are the health impacts of outdoor air pollutants (notably PM, NOx, SO2, O3)
- Intarese WP3.2 Housing
- What are the health impacts of energy efficiency measures on cold-induced diseases in UK?
- Intarese WP3.7 Climate
- What are the health impacts of UV radiation changes and heat waves related to climate change?
- Intarese WP3.6 Waste
- What are the health impacts of waste incineration and related (dioxin,...?) emissions in (Italy?)?
- Hiwate
- What are the health impacts of arsenic (As), trihalomethanes (THM), and microbes in drinking waster due to changes in:
- bottled water consumption goes down and tap water up because people want to fight against climate change
- raw water sources become worse because of climate change
- raw water sources contaminate by microbes because of surface water coming from heavier rainfall and floods, induced by climate change
- raw water scarcity leads to the use of microbially lower-quality raw water.
- What are the health impacts of arsenic (As), trihalomethanes (THM), and microbes in drinking waster due to changes in:
- Something about agriculture, land use change and the impacts connected to those.
Common methods that are probably needed
- Scoping tool WP1.1
- ERF meta-analysis WP1.3
- ICF WP1.4
- GIS Web-tool
- Argumentation WP1.4
- Analytica WP1.4
- Uncertainty tool Aguila WP1.5
- Biomarker approach SP2
- full-chain approach WP1.1
- risk appraisal indices WP1.1
- open assessment WP1.4
- collaboration
- modular information structure
- inclusion of value judgments
- opasnet
- DALY → impact calculator WP1.4
- monetary valuation of health impacts WP1.4
- CEA/CBA WP1.4
- VOI WP1.4
- Impact pathway approach (somewhat similar to full-chain) WP1.4
- perception of risks WP1.4
- Intarese uncertainty approach WP1.5
- pedigree of information/data WP1.5
- nature, location & level of uncertainty WP1.5
Pages that are not probably needed:
- op_en:Open assessment on the location of burden of greenhouse gas trade
- op_en:Bioenergy in Finland: effects on health and climate change
- op_en:Variable:Assessment:Catastrophic non-linear impacts of climate change
- op_en:Risk assessment on Hämeenkyrö municipal solid waste incinerator Hämeenkyrö project (2006)
- What are the health impacts of PM2.5 and dioxin emissions from a planned MSWI in Hämeenkyrö?
- Intarese WP3.5 Household chemicals