Project description
Developing new concepts to observe cities’ greenhouse gas emissions
Cities are emission hotspots and play an important role in emission reduction efforts. Observing and verifying greenhouse gas emissions from densely populated urban areas is essential. The EU-funded project PAUL (ICOS Cities) will develop and evaluate innovative greenhouse gas measurement technologies and observatories. The aim is to provide unique data sets feeding diverse models and scientific studies, while testing the feasibility of modelling approaches in various areas. Moreover, the project will help cities execute their climate action goals by providing data on fossil fuel emissions from urban areas. Pilots will be conducted in Munich, Paris and Zurich. For increased impact, 12 other European cities are included in the city network.
Objective
"The ""Pilot Application in Urban Landscapes - Towards integrated city observatories for greenhouse gases"" (PAUL) project supports the European Green Deal by creating capabilities to observe and verify greenhouse gas emissions from densely populated urban areas across Europe. Cities are recognized as important anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission hotspots and therefore play a significant role in any emission reduction efforts. The PAUL project aims to increase our understanding of specific needs of greenhouse gas emission assessment in urban environments; it compares available and novel observational approaches and implements an integrated concept for a city observatory, providing unique data sets that feed diverse modelling approaches, scientific studies and will be the base of services towards the city administrations. A specifically innovative approach is the co-design of services, models and observations between city administrators and scientists from multiple disciplines including social and governmental sciences.The PAUL co-design approach will explore the needs of the cities and combine these with the scientific outcomes. This allows to introduce smart services to the cities, supporting evidence-based decisions on climate action and strategic investments. Overarching goals of PAUL are to:
1) implement elements of a pilot city observatory in a large (Paris), a medium (Munich) and a small (Zurich) European city,
2) collaborate with city stakeholders and engage citizens in co-designing services that are required for GHG monitoring in order to validate the implementation of Paris Agreement, and
3) increase our understanding of specific needs of GHG assessment in urban environments and create a service portfolio for setting up an urban greenhouse gas observatory."
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Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.1.4. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Research Infrastructures Main Programme
Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
00560 Helsinki
Finland
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Participants (38)
69117 Heidelberg
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00014 Helsingin Yliopisto
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79098 Freiburg
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2595 DA Den Haag
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73100 Lecce
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01100 Viterbo
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RG2 9AX Reading
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75015 PARIS 15
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8600 Dubendorf
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22100 Lund
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80333 Muenchen
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76131 Karlsruhe
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4051 Basel
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00560 Helsinki
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75794 Paris
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75006 Paris
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75007 Paris
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11810 Athina
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02150 Espoo
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80539 Munchen
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603 00 Brno
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1202 GENEVA 2
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00185 Roma
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92040 Paris
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75004 Paris
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EC1V 0HB London
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08002 Barcelona
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5007 Bergen
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CO4 3SQ Colchester
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EC1V 0HB London
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2000 Antwerpen
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1165 Kobenhavn
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3810-193 Aveiro
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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30-059 Krakow
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68159 Mannheim
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75341 Paris
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8064 Zürich
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