D E S C R I P T I O N O F W O R K - MEGAPOLI - Dmi

Service de la recherche et de la prospective Paris le 25 avril 2007
affaire suivie par : Eric VINDIMIAN
tel : 01 42 19 17 60 / fax : 01 42 19 17 71
mél : eric.vindimian@ecologie.gouv.fr
objet : Support project MEGAPOLI
réf. : SRP/EV/A0-2007-167
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PJ :
Note in support to MEGAPOLI
To whom it may concern
French participants to the project called MEGAPOLI have recently informed me of their project as the
head of research in the French department for environment.
My department has already been in contract with the French partners of MEGAPOLI and appreciated the
high degree of excellence of their work, their commitment to deliver their results in due time and, last but
not least, their skill in providing policy makers with relevant information and tools for action.
I see MEGAPOLI as an important step forward in delivering and forecasting key information on air pollution
for human health. The development of megacities, although it can be seen as a good trend towards limit-
ing mobility and thus green house emissions, causes a high concern as far as human health is concerned.
The knowledge emission patterns of such cities and proper modelling of their impacts on air quality and
climate change is crucial for the development of adapted policy responses, in particular in the aim of
protecting human health.
French administration is already routinely using atmospheric chemistry models coupled with meteorologi-
cal forecasts for public policy. We are looking forward to benefit from MEGAPOLI in a similar context. This
is also in line with future inclusion of such results in global Earth observation systems, now rapidly develop-
ing at the European (GMES) and global (GEOSS°) scale.
For the above reasons I warmly support MEGAPOLI as a project that should be considered for funding by
the EU in the context of the 7 th FP on RTD.
Eric Vindimian
Chef du service de la recherche et de la prospective
Ministère de l’Ecologie et du Développement Durable
20, avenue de Ségur – 75302 Paris 07 SP
Tél : 01 42 19 20 21 – www.ecologie.gouv.fr