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This page contains reports, presentations, and other relevant materials that document the activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency IES program.

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General IES Documents

The Integrated Environmental Strategies Handbook: A Resource Guide for Air Quality Planning (December 2004)
Integrated Environmental Strategies Presentation, "U.S. EPA and Climate Co-Benefits" from U.S.-Japan Workshop (15 pp, 429K) (April 2008)
Integrated Environmental Strategies Presentation, "U.S. EPA’s Integrated Environmental Strategies Program in Asia" from U.S.-Japan Workshop (16 pp, 258K) (April 2008)
Integrated Environmental Strategies Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 1213K) (August 2005)
The Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES) Program: Local Benefits With Global Results (PDF) (program overview) (15 pp, 478K) (2004)
Financial Analysis for Successful IES Project Implementation (PDF) (20 pp, 464K) (December 2004) by Vakar Zakaria and Hagler Bailly Pakistan
Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Co-benefits of Integrated Strategies in China (PDF) (9 pp, 200K) (March 2003) by Kong Chiu, Collin Green, and Katherine Sibold (Sinosphere, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 40-47)
EPA Program Focuses on Integrated Strategies for Air Pollution and GHG Reduction (PDF) (4 pp, 214K) (May 2001) by Paul Schwengels, Collin Green, Myra Frazier, and Simone Brant (EM: The Urban Environment, May 2001, pp. 10-12)
Information on International Expert Workshop on the Analysis of Economic and Public Health Impacts of Air Pollution (U.S. EPA, September 2001)

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Articles

Breathing Better: Linking Energy and GHG Reduction to Health Benefits in China (18 pp, 1,453K)(January 2008) by Kong Chiu, Yu Lei, Yanshen Zhang, and Dan Chen (Woodrow Wilson International Center, China Environment Series #9)
Health Benefit Evaluation of the Energy Use Scenarios in Beijing, China (March 2007) by Xiaochuan Pan, Wei Yue, Kebin He, and Shilu Tong (Science of the Total Environment Vol. 374, pp. 242-251)
Challenges and Recommendations for the Study of Socioeconomic Factors and Air Pollution Health Effects (PDF) (9 pp, 355K) (October 2005) by Michelle L. Bell, Marie S. O’Neill, Luis A. Cifuentes, Alfésio L.F. Braga, Collin Green, Arize Nweke, Jorge Rogat, and Katherine Sibold with input from participants of the International Symposium of Socioeconomic Factors and Air Pollution Health Effects (Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 525-533)
Final Summary Report: Climate, Air Pollution and Public Health: Estimating Morbidity and Mortality from Fossil Fuel Consumption in Major Urban Areas in Developing Countries (PDF) (11 pp, 279K) (World Resources Institute, May 2004)
Hidden Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (PDF) (3 pp, 381K) (August 2001) by Luis Cifuentes, Victor H. Borja-Aburto, Nelson Gouveia, George Thurston, and Debra Lee Davis (Science, Vol. 293, No. 5533, pp. 1257-1258)
Assessing the Health Benefits of Urban Air Pollution Reductions Associated with Climate Change Mitigation (2000-2020): Santiago, São Paulo, México City and New York City (PDF) (8 pp, 2.7MB) (June 2001) by Luis Cifuentes, Victor H. Borja-Aburto, Nelson Gouveia, George Thurston, and Debra Lee Davis (Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109, Supplement 3, pp. 419-425)