5th Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities (EPCAC)
26 September 2024

5th Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities
Welcome Martine Ouwersloot & Guus Velders (Co-chairs EPCAC)
 Part 1: EPCAC draft position paper: setup and main messages
Introduction EPCAC and setup position paper Guus Velders (RIVM)
Role and contribution of cities Gregor Kiesewetter (IIASA)
Measures and experiences Martin Lutz (former UBA Berlin)
Main conclusions position paper Martine Ouwersloot (Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management)
   
Part 2: Feedback on draft position paper
Collecting feedback from participants  
Part 3: Policy developments
Developments related to Gothenburg Protocol revision and EU air quality directive Simone Schucht (INERIS)
Cities Obligations and Opportunities in the Revised Ambient Air Quality Directive Emma Bud (Client Earth)
   
Part 4: Progress in local air quality modelling methodologies and health impacts
Air Quality in Cities: EEAs data viewers and products Ragnhildur Finnbjornsdottir (EEA)
SHERPA-Cloud and its application to the PM2.5 Atlas Enrico Pisoni (JRC)
The value of citizen science on air quality monitoring and protection Amirhossein Hassani (NILU)
Towards zero pollution in Northern Italy cities Michele Arrighini (University of Brescia)
Inverse Modelling of Ultrafine Particles in Copenhagen, Denmark Jibran Khan (Aarhus university)
Part 5: Experiences/plans/actions focused at cities (success stories), information needs for EECCA and non-UNECE countries
Clean Air agreement in the Netherlands Maaike Lammerts-Huitema (RIVM)
Preliminary evaluation of air pollution in the western Balkans and EECCA regions Erik Askov Mousing (Met.no)
Beyond clean air: benefits of transformative air quality action in cities Audrey de Nazelle (Imperial College)
Impact of urban design on climate environment and mortality Mark Nieuwenhuijsen (IS Global)