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Project Code [2011-CCRP-MS-5.1]
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Project title
Integrated Modelling Project Ireland - Climate and Air
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
APEnvEcon
Lead Applicant
Andrew Kelly
Project Abstract
The IMP Project will build on existing capacity investments to sustain and enhance a number of critical capacities for Ireland. Specifically the project will further develop and refine the GAINS Ireland and GAINS Europe modelling systems so as to ensure that an increasingly robust representation of Ireland is captured and maintained in these systems as time, policy and parameters move on and adjust. Over the next number of years Ireland will face a number of critical junctures in both the setting and compliance testing of international environmental policy agreements in a climate and transboundary air pollution context. The GAINS Europe model will provide a significant portion of the analytical framework in respect of these two thematic areas. The IMP Project, expert team and the GAINS Ireland model will provide Ireland with a robust evidence base on which to form efficient and cost-effective environmental policy decisions, and will establish a strong platform from which to engage with the international research community in development of the state of the art internationally. Perhaps most importantly, the research capacities of the IMP Project will provide direct technical and policy support to Government and Government Agencies in respect of imminent international policy interactions and negotiations.
Grant Approved
�374,359.70
Research Hub
Climate Change
Research Theme
Cross-cutting issues, data and observation systems
Initial Projected Completion Date
01/10/2013