The  Integrated  Environmental Strategies
Promoting  Local and Global Air Quality Solutions
      The Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES) Program helps developing countries
      identify policies and technologies that reduce local air pollutants and have the added
      benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. By analyzing and implementing relevant
"integrated" policies and measures such as clean energy (e.g., renewable energy technologies),
energy efficiency, and public transportation, IES communities have an opportunity to make a
positive impact on air quality, public health, and the local economy.
How IES Works
Through the IES Program, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
works closely with teams of researchers,
local and national policymakers, citizens,
and other stakeholders to identify cost-
effective air quality management strategies.
IES projects, currently operating in eight
developing nations, are tailored to
participants' needs and priorities. EPA
supports local teams in their efforts to build
lasting capacity for improved air quality
management by providing technical tools,
consultations, and training opportunities.
Policymakers are actively engaged in all
aspects of the IES process, including project
planning, working groups, technical training,
policy option  development and analysis, and
implementation. IES projects involve a
variety of stakeholders, cultivating public
support for implementing innovative
strategies that can yield local and global
benefits.
IES Program Goals
The IES Program assists developing
countries by:
  •Identifying tools, training
   opportunities, and approaches to
   help analyze and quantify potential
   environmental, public health, and
   economic benefits.
  •Facilitating consideration of global
   issues (i.e., greenhouse gas
   emissions) in local energy and
   environmental policy initiatives.
  • Building expertise in integrated
   energy and environmental analysis.
  •Promoting implementation of
   measures and policies with multiple
   benefits.
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 IES Success in Santiago, Chile
 In Santiago, Chile, a very successful IES
 project brought together government officials
 and other stakeholders to better understand
 the linkages between air pollution reduction
 and social benefits. Working closely with
 EPA technical experts, the project team
 developed scenarios for reducing
 conventional air pollutants while at the same
 time identifying opportunities to reduce
 greenhouse gas emissions. They analyzed
 benefits that could be attained by improving
 air quality through fuel switching, energy
 efficiency, transportation planning, and
 infrastructure improvements. Based on their
 extensive analysis, the team recommended
 air quality improvement options for Santiago.
 Other results of the IES Santiago team's work
 include:
   • The initiation of a subsequent project by
    the Transport Planning Agency, which
    built upon the results of the IES work.
   • The preparation of a proposal for the
    Global Environment Facility, an
    international organization that supports
    projects in developing countries that
    protect the global environment, which
    materialized into  a "grant-in-progress."
   "The United States wants to foster economic
   growth in the developing world, including the
   world's poorest nations. We want to help them
   realize their potential, and bring the benefits of
   growth to their peoples, including better
   health...and a cleaner environment."

                     - President George W. Bush,
                            February 14,2002
  • The award of a five-year contract from the
   Regional Environmental Commission to
   the leading organizer of the IES Chile
   project to manage a "Center of
   Excellence."
This project has been so successful that its
approach has been exported to other
participating IES countries through the
exchange of technical experts and analytical
techniques.
For More Information
Visit the IES Web site at .
You may also E-mail  or call
+1 202 343-9731.
       "The IES project was the first attempt to assign estimates of economic value
       to health impacts of energy and emission control options.This is a major
       achievement in China, and it has developed a methodology that will be very
       useful to decisionmakers in  the future."

         - Boi Guoqiong, Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau, China
Photographs are courtesy of the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and Luis Cifuentes.
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
                                   EPA430-F-03-015
                                       August 2005
                                  

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