About us
This website is the result of recommendations emanated by the International Expert
Workshop on the Analysis of the Economic and Public Health
Impacts of Air Pollution (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, September 2001). Its
participants recognised a significant need for increasing global awareness and research
collaboration regarding the environmental health impacts of air pollution.
The AirImpacts.org website addresses this need serving as host and dissemination point for relevant and useful information to
promote increased collaboration among researchers, and to facilitate
information exchange between experts and policymakers.
AirImpacts.org is the result of an international initiative funded by the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) and led by the UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC),
in partnership with
- The World Bank (WB),
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency
(US EPA),
- The World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe),
- The Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL),
- Health Effects Institute (HEI)
- The East West Center
(EWC)
and in collaboration with
- Carnegie Mellon University (CMU),
- Peking University Health Sciences Center,
- P. Catholic University of Chile (PCU),
- Fudan University, former Shanghai Medical University
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