摘要:Policies to reduce adverse health impacts of fine particulate matter
(PM2.5) require information on costs of abatement and associated costs. This paper
explores the potential for cost-efficient control of anthropogenic primary
PM2.5 emissions in Finland. Based on a Kyoto-compliant energy projection, two emission
control scenarios for 2020 were developed. 'Baseline' assumes implementation
of PM controls in compliance with existing legislation. 'Reduction' assumes
ambitious further reductions. Emissions for 2020 were estimated at 26 and
18.6 Gg a−1 for 'Baseline' and 'Reduction', respectively. The largest abatement potential,
3.0 Gg a−1, was calculated for power plants and industrial combustion. The largest potential with
marginal costs below was for domestic wood combustion,
1.7 Gg a−1. For traffic the potential
was estimated at 1.0 Gg a−1, but was associated with high costs. The results from this paper are used in the
policy-driven national integrated assessment modeling that explores cost-efficient
reductions of the health impacts of PM.