European Consortium for Modelling of Air Pollution and Climate Strategies (EC4MACS)
Funding
European Commission, DG Environment via the LIFE program
Duration
February 2007 – March 2013
Organisation
Consortium composed of
- the Coordination Center for Effects (CCE) at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
AEA Technology plc
- Metroeconomica Ltd
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics
- E3M-Lab of the National Technical University (NTUA)
- Institute for Food and Resource Economics, U Bonn
EuroCARE GmbH
Overview
EC4MACS (European Consortium for Modelling Air Pollution and Climate Strategies) provided scientific and economic analyses for the review of the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution in 2010/2011 and support the European Climate Change Programme to reach a better understanding of how greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced.
Contributions of EuroCARE
EuroCARE shared with ILR of Bonn University the task to develop a baseline (EuroCARE) and policy scenarios (ILR) for agricultural activities and markets, in particular regarding animal herds which are key drivers for GHG emissions from agriculture.
