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Phase 4: National Co-Benefits Study
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History and Objectives
Phase 4 of IES-Mexico is currently underway in Mexico and will use national-level emissions inventories for local CO, NOx, SO2, VOCs, and secondary PM2.5 and GHG (CO2, CH4, N2O). emissions to conduct a national-level co-benefits analysis. A selection of measures with potential for substantial reductions in local and GHG emissions will be investigated for their effect at a national scale.
Team
The IES team is based at the National Institute of Ecology (INE) in coordination with the other members of the Metropolitan Environmental Commission (CAM) and the governments of the State of Mexico and the Federal District. Dr. Adrián Fernández, Dr. Leonora Rojas Bracho, Veronica Garibay Bravo, and Julia Martinez (Biól.) of INE oversee the technical team. Through coordination by and collaboration with INE, individuals from several other institutions have contributed to the various phases of IES-Mexico work.
Methodology
Modeling tools will be used to estimate local and global emissions reductions from the investigated measures. Using a gridded air quality model with Mexico-specific parameters, the impact of those reductions on ambient air quality will be quantified and used to determine health and monetary benefits of the measures.