Development of an integrated assessment model for a national emissions management system (Otello)

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Project period: 01.01.2007 - 30.06.2010

This project is developing a model that will help the political sector make better decisions than in the past regarding long-term measures that could lastingly reduce emissions of air pollutants - such as sulphur dioxide, ammonia, nitrogen oxide, particulate matter - and of greenhouse gases. To ensure that the principle of sustainability is fulfilled, long-term economic factors and burdens are also to be examined and incorporated.
The model will cover the period up to the year 2020. It will link technical and non-technical measures and take into account the primary sources of these pollutants (energy production, industry, transport, private households and agriculture). It will allow the integrated assessment of emission reduction measures, taking into consideration the interaction between economic, ecological and social factors. The project will model development of air quality for a region – for example, the greater Stuttgart metropolitan area – on the basis of air quality development in small areas.   
Further information is available on the project website .

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