Abstract Book

• Ozone
• PM2.5, both primary and secondary
• Air toxics
• Greenhouse gases
Three key CAP goals are to reduce emissions and decrease ambient concentrations of
harmful pollutants; protect public health by reducing exposure to the most hazardous
pollutants; and protect the climate by reducing GHGs. The CAP proposes 55 control
measures, designed to maximize co-benefits, while minimizing any trade-offs among
pollutants.
To weigh the benefit of reducing different pollutants, BAAQMD developed a multipollutant
evaluation method. The MPEM analyzes how reducing emissions of each
pollutant would affect ambient concentrations, population exposure, and related health
effects. MPEM was used to:
• Estimate health and climate protection benefits, in dollar terms, for each control
measure;
• Estimate aggregate benefit for the entire CAP control strategy;
• Compare the value of reducing one ton of each pollutants (or precursors)
addressed in the CAP.
BAAQMD staff also analyzed air pollutant trends and health risks associated with past
and current levels of air pollution. Key findings regarding reduction in health effects and
increased life expectancy related to improved air quality in the region will be summarized
in the IUAPPA paper. This analysis concludes that PM2.5 poses by far the greatest health
risk from air pollution in the Bay Area.
An Air Pollution Information Network For African (APINA) Perspective On Air
Pollution And Climate Change (203)
S. Baisai Feresu; Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Le
Kremlin Bicetre, France
APINA is a network of policy makers, scientists, non-governmental organizations,
industry and other stakeholders interested in air pollution issues formed in 1997. Since
this time, APINA has been interacting with policy makers at both national and regional
level and has facilitated sub-regional policy framework agreements on air pollution
across Africa at ministerial level. The agreements outline measures that will reduce air
pollution across the polluting sectors, such as transport, industry, and open and indoor
burning, and make recommendations for multilateral cooperation, national environmental
governance and capacity building. The potential for air pollution climate change cobenefits
via integrated policies has also been acknowledged but is a difficult issue as most
of Africa has low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, yet it is susceptible to some of the
worst effects of climate change.
In Africa, there are potential benefits of integrated air pollution and climate change
policies for particulate matter and tropospheric ozone. Particulate matter can cause
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