Project description
Experts collaborate to clean the air in Poland
Particulate matter pollution is an environmental health problem that affects people worldwide. Major sources of particulate matter emission are factories, power stations, incinerators, industries, automobiles, and diesel generators. It’s one of the deadliest types of air pollution in Poland. Unfortunately, until recently there was no serious attempt undertaken to invest in a specific policy or action to effectively solve the problem. The EU-funded PMCOST project will bring together a group of top Polish experts on air pollution. They will collaborate with world-leading experts from Norway and the UK. Their goal will be to formulate proposals including proper policies for local decision-makers and other stakeholders to make a significant change towards a healthier environment.
Objective
PMCOST addresses the key challenge of particulate matter (PM) air pollution in Poland which is one of the major threats to human health across the country and Europe in general. To date air pollution modelling in Poland has not received the investment needed to fully grasp these challenges. PMCOST brings together the leading Polish researchers on air pollution together with world leading experts from UK and Norway to address this challenge. This twinning of researchers, matches complementary areas of expertise and will enable Poland to be more effective in supporting Polish policy makers and other stakeholder in developing plans for better air quality in Poland. At the same time, it will provide the technical underpinning for Poland to become an international leader in assessment of transboundary air pollution, especially in relation to the UNECE Geneva Convention on Long-range transboundary air pollution, and in support of the European Air Quality Directive. The project will develop a capability in Poland for state of the art atmospheric chemistry transport modelling (ACTM). This will permit a detailed national assessment of the complex chemical composition of PM, the main contributing emissions sources and the most effective strategies to protect human health through targeted emissions abatement. To achieve this goal PMCOST will focus on three core Twinning Activities: Training of Polish staff through two-way exchange with the expert partners; Improving the output of high quality peer reviewed publications; Developing the interface between scientists and stakeholders and policy makers through thematic workshops. The key aspects of the Training Programme are represented by three of the five work packages focused on preparation of high quality emissions data for use in ACTMs, operational air pollution modelling of PM and assessing the human health benefits of different emission abatement options.
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H2020-EU.4.b. - Twinning of research institutions
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(opens in new window) H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020
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50137 Wroclaw
Poland
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