Background and objectives:
In 2019, the World Bank published the Cost of Environmental Degradation (COED) for Greater Cairo, based on 2017 data. The report revealed that degradation from air pollution, largely caused by traffic, amounted to $2.6billion, equivalent to 1.35% of the national GDP. The Government of Egypt is implementing the Greater Cairo Air Pollution Management and Climate Change Project to improve air quality and reduce emissions from key sectors in Greater Cairo, including the governorates of Cairo, Giza, and Qalyubiah.
General Objective:
Developing Mobile Source Emission Inventory & Emissions Inventory Integration: This assignment focuses on Mobile sources, both in GC and in Egypt. It is part of Component 1 of the Project, aimed at enhancing the existing integrated climate and AQM planning(IC-AQMP) and Response System, implemented by EEAA.
The project aims to:
- Reduce air pollutants (PM10) and climate pollutants (CO2, black carbon, methane, HFCs)
- Improve public health and resilience to air pollution
- It includes four components, the first one aims at enhancing air quality management systems.
Specific Objective:
- Develop a comprehensive mobile source integrated (air pollutants and GHGs) emissions inventory for the Greater Cairo Region, as well as the country of Egypt as a whole, using locally relevant data and appropriate methodological approaches -> Construction of the emission factor database specific for Egypt based on measurements (Chassis dynamometer for light vehicles and PEMS for HDV) and comparison / integration in the EMEP database.
- Integrate mobile source emissions with other emissions sources to create a unified and user-friendly emissions inventory database. There is a need for technical support from the consultant for the spatial gridding of emissions in Greater Cairo (stationary sources). Citepa will handle the spatialization of the national inventory and the spatialization of mobile source emissions in Greater Cairo, and will assist EEAA in the spatial gridding of emissions in the GCA.
- Strengthen national capacity through training and guidance materials to ensure sustainability of inventory management and application.
Activities:
1- Review, refine, enhance and consolidate existing emission inventories
2- Develop mobile sources Inventory using local emission factors(chassis dynamometer+ PEMS)
3- Developing new comprehensive integrated modeling for the EI from all sources of air pollution and climate change (work with the MRV team)
4- Synthesize and integrate data in a single unified emission inventory for Egypt
5- Training EEAA and their partners in the use, updating and processing of the emissions data for future policy tracking, air dispersion modeling and international reporting.
Results:
- Deliverable 1.1: EI for Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources and Development of Local Emission Factors Mobile Source Emission Inventory with locally adapted factors.
- Deliverable 1.2 : Roadmap for continued improvement during the next inventory cycle.
- Deliverable 2.1 : Traffic Data and Mobile Source Data Collection & Analysis Report
- Deliverable 2.2 : Emission Inventory Report for Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources and Development of Local Emission Factors
- Deliverable 3.1 : Emission Inventory Data Collection Report from other Sources & Analysis Report
- Deliverable 3.2 : Emission Modelling from all Source and Recommended Action Plan for Combating Climate Change
- Deliverable 4.1 : Integrated database, and detailed Metadata of all collected data
- Deliverable 4.2: Gridded emissions file (in NetCDF format) for national emissions of GHGs, air pollutants and SLCPs
- Deliverable 5: Strengthened institutional and capacity building
