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Project

Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution Reduction in Urban Systems (ICARUS)

Description:

ICARUS (Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution Reduction in Urban Systems) was a European research and innovation project active from May 2016 to October 2020. The project applied integrated tools and strategies for urban impact assessment in support of air quality and climate change governance in EU Member States leading to the design and implementation of appropriate abatement strategies to improve the air quality and reduce the carbon footprint in European cities. 

Results of the policy analyses allowed researcher to determine the most sustainable GHG mitigation and air quality (AQ) improvement strategies. The latter have been proposed to the authorities competent for atmospheric pollution and climate protection management as guidance for decision-making that would lead towards maximizing the net public health and wellbeing benefits while taking into consideration the costs associated with air pollution and climate change in the EU.

A critical review on the influence of socioeconomic status in relation to exposure to air contaminants and disease causation as well as the Report on the methodology for estimating health effects of individuals or population groups and health impact results in the ICARUS participating cities have been published through deliverable form to disseminate the results of the project.

Project information

Lead

ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS, Greece

Partners

UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, Germany

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, United Kingdom

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, United Kingdom

INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III, Spain

LANDESHAUPTSTADT STUTTGART, Germany

ETAIREIA ANAPTYXIS KAI TOURISTIKIS PROVOLIS ATHINON - ANAPTYXIAKI ANONYMOS ETAIREIA ORGANISMOU TOPIKIS AFTODIOIKISIS, Greece

INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN, Slovenia

ENVIROS SRO, Czechia

CENTRO EUROPEO DI FORMAZIONE E RICERCA IN INGEGNERIA SISMICA, Italy

UPCOM BVBA, Belgium

KARTERIS APOSTOLOS KARTERIS MARIN OE, Greece

WISSENSCHAFTLICHE VEREINIGUNG FUR DEN UMWELTSCHULZ IM MITTELMEER - MESAEP, Germany

Masarykova univerzita, Czechia

SCHWEIZERISCHES TROPEN- UND PUBLIC HEALTH-INSTITUT, Switzerland

"NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS"", Greece

FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI, Italy

TH SOULOS I KYLAFI EE, Greece

AARHUS UNIVERSITET, Denmark

Source of funding

Horizon 2020

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Published in Climate-ADAPT Nov 05 2020   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Mar 05 2024

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