Grantee Research Project Results
2010 Progress Report: Air Pollution, Health and Economic Impacts of Global Change Policy andFuture Technologies: An Integrated Model Analysis
EPA Grant Number: R834279Title: Air Pollution, Health and Economic Impacts of Global Change Policy andFuture Technologies: An Integrated Model Analysis
Investigators: Webster, Mort D. , Graham, John , Selin, Noelle Eckley , Prinn, Ronald G. , Wang, Chien , Yang, Huiyan , Reilly, John , Amar, Praveen , Paltsev, Sergey
Current Investigators: Selin, Noelle Eckley , Graham, John , Webster, Mort D. , Prinn, Ronald G. , Wang, Chien , Yang, Huiyan , Reilly, John , Amar, Praveen , Paltsev, Sergey
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , NESCAUM
Current Institution: Harvard University , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , NESCAUM
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2012 (Extended to February 28, 2014)
Project Period Covered by this Report: September 1, 2009 through August 31,2010
Project Amount: $600,000
RFA: Adaptation for Future Air Quality Analysis and Decision Support Tools in Light of Global Change Impacts and Mitigation (2008) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Air Quality and Air Toxics , Climate Change , Air
Objective:
The central research questions for this study are:
1) How will technologies and policy choices in response to global change, specifically transportation technologies, impact air quality, human health and the economy on global to local scales by 2050?
2) What are the quantified costs and benefits of these different adaptation choices?
Our focus will be to assess the local air pollution impacts of 1) emerging vehicle technologies such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and biofuels and 2) air pollution and climate policies, separately and in combination. We will assess their impacts on human health and the economic benefits and costs of these policies and technologies.
Progress Summary:
Our work to date has been focused on four areas: 1) assessing relevant uncertainties; 2) assessing baseline climate policies; 3) atmospheric model development; and 4) economic model development. We have developed further couplings between atmospheric and economic models, and conducted uncertainty analyses comparing atmospheric and epidemiological/economic uncertainties for PM2.5 and the influence of model resolution on population-weighted PM2.5. We also have conducted preliminary global model runs using climate policy scenarios.Future Activities:
In year 2, we will continue atmospheric and economic model development and uncertainty analysis, with the aim of coupling the atmospheric and economic analyses in year 3 of our grant.Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 21 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
ozone, particulates, health effects, Northeast, benefit-cost, integrated assessment, climate change, RFA, Air, climate change, Air Pollution Effects, AtmosphereRelevant Websites:
http://globalchange.mit.edu
Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.