Stage 4: Refine Integrated Assessment Modeling and support episode emergency responseStage 4 builds on the analytical foundation established in Stages 1 through 3, advancing the air quality management program in two complementary directions. The first portion of this stage deepens and refines the Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM) program that anchors long-term emission reduction planning, apply...

Stage 5: Refine the air pollution impact framework and apply to locally important ecosystemsHaving developed an extensive framework for quantifying the impacts of air quality on the environment in Stages 3 and 4, the emphasis in Stage 5 is on refining this framework by modifying model parameterisations and creating new dose response functions specific to the ecosystem impacts of greatest relevance...

Stage 4: Monetize air pollution impacts on ecosystem services  In Stage 4, you will use the air pollution concentration and deposition, land use, ecosystem distribution, crop yield and timber production data compiled in Stage 3 to conduct a spatial analysis of impacts that are, where appropriate, monetized. This analysis will show the economic losses associated with current air pollution impa...

Stage 5:  Institutionalise the ability to perform state-of-the-science HIAs that routinely inform policy decisionsIn this final Stage, you are advancing the state of the science by demonstrating new techniques for quantifying health impacts across multiple pollutants, developing new epidemiological studies that are designed specifically to support HIAs, and quantifying critical sources of unc...

Stage 4: Perform a comprehensive health impact assessment that quantifies impacts over space, time, and by population groupYou are now able to use simulated air quality modelling data, allowing you to estimate both historical and projected (i.e., future) changes in exposure and health impacts. The population and background health data are available both for multiple historical years and projected ...

Stage 5: Identify key knowledge gaps and implement targeted field studies to address themBy Stage 4, source apportionment methods are routinely established, alternative approaches are explored, and staff are fully trained to carry out advanced monitoring and analysis. At Stage 5, the emphasis shifts from implementing predefined activities to strategically identifying key knowledge gaps and determi...

Stage 3: Adopt an Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) and work with neighboring countriesIn Stage 3, you are developing and adopting your Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), setting up a mechanism in your government for adopting specific policies and measures mandated in your AQMP, and strengthening financial mechanisms to ensure successful implementation. You are coordinating policies across secto...

Stage 3: Adopt an Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) and work with neighboring countriesIn Stage 3, you are developing and adopting your Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), setting up a mechanism in your government for adopting specific policies and measures mandated in your AQMP, and strengthening financial mechanisms to ensure successful implementation. You are coordinating policies across secto...

Stage 3: Adopt an Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) and work with neighboring countriesIn Stage 3, you are developing and adopting your Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), setting up a mechanism in your government for adopting specific policies and measures mandated in your AQMP, and strengthening financial mechanisms to ensure successful implementation. You are coordinating policies across secto...

Stage 3: Adopt an Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) and work with neighboring countriesIn Stage 3, you are developing and adopting your Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), setting up a mechanism in your government for adopting specific policies and measures mandated in your AQMP, and strengthening financial mechanisms to ensure successful implementation. You are coordinating policies across secto...