PURGE

Public health impacts in URban environments of

Greenhouse gas Emissions reduction strategies
From 2011-02-01 to 2014-07-31

Objective

The project will examine the health impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policies
in urban settings in Europe, China and India, using case studies of 3-4 large urban centres
and three smaller urban centres. Sets of realistic interventions will be proposed, tailored
to local needs, to meet published abatement goals for GHG Emissions for 2020, 2030 and
2050.

Mitigation actions will be defined in four main sectors: power generation/industry,

household energy, transport and food and agriculture. The chief pathways by which such
measures influence health will be described, and models developed to quantify changes
in health-related 'exposures' and health behaviours. Models will include ones relating to
outdoor air pollution, indoor air quality and temperature, physical activity, dietary intake,
road injury risks and selected other exposures.

Integrated quantitative models of health impacts will be based on life table methods
encompassing both mortality and morbidity outcomes modelled over 20 year time
horizons. Where possible, exposure-response relationships will be based on review
evidence published by the Comparative Risk Assessment initiative or systematic reviews.
Uncertainties in model estimates will be characterized using a mathematical framework
to quantify the influence of uncertainties in both model structure and parameter estimates.
Particular attention will be given to economic assessments, both in terms of behavioural
choices/uptake of various forms of mitigation measure (with new surveys to address
evidence gaps), and in terms of health benefits and costs calculated from societal, health
service and household perspectives. A decision analysis framework will be developed to
compare different mitigation options.

Experts and user groups will be consulted to define the mitigation questions to be
examined, and the results will be discussed in consultative workshops scheduled for the
final months of the project.

Project details
Project reference: 265325
Status: Execution
Total cost: EUR 4 553 831
EU contribution: EUR 3 416 332

Programme acronym:
FP7-ENVIRONMENT

Subprogramme area:
ENV.2010.1.2.3-2 Greenhouse gas emission reduction policies and their impacts on
public health and well-being in urban areas

Contract type:
Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated
to international cooperation partner countries(SICA)

Coordinator
LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE
UNITED KINGDOM

Participants
FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI ITALIA
FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INDIA
ARUP INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD. CHINA
INSTITUT ZA NUKLEARNE NAUKE VINCA SERBIA
Administrative contact: Zarko STEVANOVIC
Mihajla Petrovica Alasa, BELGRADE, SERBIA
Tel: +381-112455663
Fax: +381-112453670

PEKING UNIVERSITY CHINA

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE CESKA REPUBLIKA
BC3 BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE - KLIMA ALDAKETA IKERGAI
ESPAA

Subjects
Climate change & Carbon cycle research - Environmental Protection - Medicine, Health -
Policies
Record number: 98685 / Last updated on (QVD): 2011-04-07