During RP2, the project achieved significant progress across all technical and scientific work packages.
WP1 advanced systematic reviews and multi-exposure Health Impact Assessment (HIA) methods, developing new exposure-response functions and integrating environmental determinants with population health outcomes, supported by workshops and collaboration with WHO EMAPEC and other experts.
WP2 organized a workshop on integrating equity into HIA, contributed to standardized health and well-being indicators, and developed microsimulation models to assess competing risks, with support from UCAM, Swiss TPH, and ISGlobal in data collection, population and mortality estimates, and model refinement.
WP3 evaluated cost-benefit analysis (CBA) approaches, delivering workshops and training for consortium partners and defining key parameters and datasets for economic assessments of urban interventions.
WP4 made substantial progress in developing and harmonizing European datasets on air pollution, greenspace, temperature, and biodiversity, including the first harmonized European Biodiversity Index, providing essential inputs for scenario modelling and health impact analyses.
WP5 advanced HIAs for nearly 1,000 cities, integrating multiple environmental exposures and testing urban intervention scenarios in case study cities such as low-traffic neighborhoods, urban greening, and electrification, while methodological innovations included linking agent-based transport models with multi-exposure HIA methods.
WP6 strengthened the connection between scientific evidence and policy by mapping stakeholders, analyzing relevant policies, and engaging through workshops and webinars, informing scenario development and model assumptions.
WP7 ensured project coordination, timely management, and the promotion of synergies across all work packages and the METEOR Cluster.
Overall, RP2 consolidated technical capabilities, advanced multi-exposure HIA methodologies, refined scenario modelling, and generated high-resolution environmental and health datasets, establishing a robust foundation for the project’s scientific, economic, and societal impacts.
