Clean Air For Europe

Reports

Methodology for the Cost Benefit Analysis for CAFE

Reports in this section are relevant to CBA methodology development under the CAFE programme.

Volume 1: Overview of Methodology (February 2005)
Final methodology for use in the CBA of the Thematic Strategy proposal

Volume 2: Health Impact Assessment (February 2005)
Detailed description of the development of the health impact assessment, including literature review of health impacts and effects valuation, and proposals for final methodology

Volume 3: Uncertainty in the CAFE CBA - Methods and First Analysis (May 2005)
Description of the uncertainty analysis to be undertaken as part of the CBA

Marginal Damage Cost report - Damages per tonne emission of PM2.5, NH3, SO2, NOx and VOCs from each EU25 Member State (excluding Cyprus) and surrounding seas (March 2005)
Methodology report for analysis to generate damage estimates per tonne emission for a range of air pollutants in different situations.

Peer review of the methodology of cost-benefit analysis of the Clear Air for Europe Programme
Expert peer review by Alan Krupnick, Bart Ostro and Keith Bull of the cost-benefit analysis methodology

CAFE-CBA team response to UNICE comments on CBA methodology
Response to comments submitted by UNICE concerning the CAFE CBA methodology

CAFE CBA analysis

The reports below focus on analysis undertaken using the CBA methodology, primarily for analysis of proposed objectives under the Thematic Strategy

CAFE CBA: Baseline Analysis 2000 to 2020 (April 2005)
Assessment of baseline impacts based on current policy assumptions

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Policy Option Scenarios for the Clean Air for Europe programme (August 2005)
Assessment of preliminary proposals for Strategy objectives

Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (October 2005)
Assessment of the costs and benefits of final Strategy objectives

Assessing the air pollution benefits of further climate measures in the EU up to 2020 (November 2006)
Assessment of the co-benefits of climate policy scenarios via changes in emissions of NH3, NOx, PM2.5, SO2 and VOCs. Three levels of climate policy (illustrated by carbon price) were considered in 2020 - €0, €20 and €90.

An update on cost-benefit analysis of the CAFE programme (November 2006)
Report updates some developments in the CBA methodology since publication under the CAFE programme

Revised NECD CBA analysis

The reports below describes current analysis to assess the costs and benefits of a proposal for a revised NECD, with 2020 ceilings for Member States.

Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Proposed Revisions to the National Emission Ceilings Directive. NEC CBA Report 1 - Baseline report

Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Proposed Revisions to the National Emission Ceilings Directive. NEC CBA Report 2 - CBA of TSAP and EP target optimisation model runs

Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Proposed Revisions to the National Emission Ceilings Directive. NEC CBA Report 3. National Emission Ceilings for 2020 based on the 2008 Climate & Energy Package