The concept for ATTICA originated within the QUANTIFY project. After successfully passing the proposal procedure (November 2005), contract negotiations were completed in spring 2006, and 1 June 2006 marks the start date of the ATTICA Specific Support Action. ATTICA will run for 3.5 years until 30 November 2009.
The ATTICA consortium offers to provide the European community with a
coherent series of assessments of the impact of transport emissions on
climate change and ozone depletion. Three assessments will cover the
emissions of single transport sectors, viz. of aviation, shipping, and
land traffic. Another assessment will deal with metrics that describe,
quantify, and compare in an objective way the effects of the transport
emissions in the atmosphere. Finally, a synthesis of the foregoing
assessments will be written that will provide the overview of the
impacts of the emissions of all transport sectors on climate change
and the ozone layer.
For the first time, different modes of transport will be consistently
assessed. The consistent assessment allows the interested citizens to
estimate in principle their own contribution to environmental problems
and to compare it to that of others. Apart from policy and decision makers,
the synthesis assessment will help journalists, teachers, and others,
to digest the results and to present them in public media, in schools
and universities, ensuring wide dissemination of the results.
The assessments and the synthesis report will inform the EU in developing
its policy and will strengthen its position in international climate
conventions and other international agreements. It will help identify
emission reduction and mitigation strategies, and give advice to industry
on design of future engines and vehicles, thereby strengthening the
European position.
In ATTICA, a total of 9 participants from 5 European countries are collaborating. The research and management topics are organized in 7 closely linked work packages.
Work Package |
Leader, Co-leader |
Topic |
---|---|---|
1 |
Lee, Pitari |
Aviation |
2 |
Isaksen, Eyring |
Shipping |
3 |
Uherek, Halenka |
Land Transport |
4 |
Shine, Fuglestvedt |
Metrics |
5 |
Sausen, Harris |
Coordination and Synthesis |
6 |
Pitari, Uherek |
Editorial Office and Outreach |
7 |
Erhardt, Sausen |
Management |
The ATTICA Consortium consists of the follwing 9 Participants:
No. |
Institution |
Short name |
Country |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. |
DLR |
DE |
2 |
CICERO - Senter for klimaforskning |
CICERO |
NO |
3 |
Univerzita Karlovy v Praze (Charles University, Prague) |
CUNI |
CZ |
4 |
The Manchester Metropolitan University |
MMU |
UK |
5 |
Max-Plank-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften |
MPICHEM |
DE |
6 |
The Chancellors, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge |
UCAM-DCHEM |
UK |
7 |
Universitetet i Oslo |
UIO |
NO |
8 |
Università degli Studi de L'Aquila |
ULAQ.DF |
IT |
9 |
The University of Reading |
UREADMY |
UK |
Function |
Name |
Institution |
Country |
---|---|---|---|
Chair |
R. Sausen |
DLR |
DE |
Member |
G. Erhardt |
DLR |
DE |
Member |
V. Eyring |
DLR |
DE |
Member |
J. Fuglestvedt |
CICERO |
NO |
Member |
T. Halenka |
CUNI |
CZ |
Member |
N. Harris |
UCAM-DCHEM |
UK |
Member |
I. Isaksen |
UIO |
NO |
Member |
D. Lee |
MMU |
UK |
Member |
J. Lelieveld |
MPICHEM |
DE |
Member |
G. Pitari |
ULAQ.DF |
IT |
Member |
K. Shine |
UREADMY |
UK |
Member |
E. Uherek |
MPICHEM |
DE |
Aside from the Coordinator and the Participant's PIs, the Science Borad will comprise a limited number of invited specialist scientists, eminent in the field of climate / ozone depletion and having a broad overview of the relevant sub-disciplines of atmospheric science.
Function |
Name |
Institution |
Country |
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Member |
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