SUMMARY OF DEBATES AND PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTIONS

摘要

There is more and more evidence that air pollution and climate change phenomena are closely intertwined, with both synergetic and antagonistic effects. There have been recently a number of different studies, within the European Community institutions as well as in some member states, looking into various aspects of the co-benefits and possible trade-offs of air pollution/climate change policies.rnAs in other regions of the world, air pollution and climate change have tended to be addressed separately in Europe. Historically, European governments have focused a great deal of attention and resources on air quality issues, and this has led to a set of European directives. More recently, particularly in Europe, climate change has monopolized the media's and the public's attention, and little consideration has been given to the structural links between these two challenges.