# Presentation: 282627

## EPA’s Global Change Research Program:A View from EPA’s Office of Air & Radiation

- Terry J. Keating, Ph.D.
- OAR/Office of Policy Analysis & Review
- 9/26/2005

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation
- Office of Research & Development
- Office of International Affairs
- Regional Offices

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation  (National Program Manager)
- Office of Research & Development
- Office of International Affairs
- Regional Offices

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation  (National Program Manager)
**Analytical Support for Policy Development**
- 		International – UNFCCC, bilaterals, IPCC, global economic analyses
- 		National – GHG emissions & sinks, mitigation analyses
- 		State & Local – capacity building, public information, sea level rise
- Office of Research & Development
- Office of International Affairs
- Regional Offices

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation  (National Program Manager)
**Analytical Support for Policy Development**
**Voluntary GHG Mitigation Programs**
- 		Climate Leaders, Energy Star, SmartWay Transport, High GWP,
- 		Methane to Markets, Best Workplaces for Commuters, ...
- Office of Research & Development
- Office of International Affairs
- Regional Offices

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation  (National Program Manager)
**Analytical Support for Policy Development**
**Voluntary GHG Mitigation Programs**
**Technology Development Initiatives**
- 		CCTP Lead, alternative motor vehicle technology
- Office of Research & Development
- Office of International Affairs
- Regional Offices

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation  (National Program Manager)
**Analytical Support for Policy Development**
**Voluntary GHG Mitigation Programs**
**Technology Development Initiatives**
**International Capacity Building**
- Office of Research & Development
- Office of International Affairs
- Regional Offices

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation  (National Program Manager)
**Analytical Support for Policy Development**
**Voluntary GHG Mitigation Programs**
**Technology Development Initiatives**
**International Capacity Building**
- Office of Research & Development (Lead for CCSP)
**Assess Impacts to Air, Water, Ecosystems, and Health**
**Develop Decision Support Tools**
- Office of International Affairs
- Regional Offices

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation  (National Program Manager)
**Analytical Support for Policy Development**
**Voluntary GHG Mitigation Programs**
**Technology Development Initiatives**
**International Capacity Building**
- Office of Research & Development (Lead for CCSP)
**Assess Impacts to Air, Water, Ecosystems, and Health**
**Develop Decision Support Tools**
- Office of International Affairs
**Multiple Benefit Capacity Building**
- Regional Offices

## Climate-Related Activities at EPA

- Office of Air & Radiation  (National Program Manager)
**Analytical Support for Policy Development**
**Voluntary GHG Mitigation Programs**
**Technology Development Initiatives**
**International Capacity Building**
- Office of Research & Development (Lead for CCSP)
**Assess Impacts to Air, Water, Ecosystems, and Health**
**Develop Decision Support Tools**
- Office of International Affairs
**Multiple Benefit Capacity Building**
- Regional Offices
**Support Voluntary Programs and State & Local Activities**

## OAR & EPA’s GCRP

**Issues for  OAR**
- NAAQS Revision and Implementation
- Hazardous Air Pollutants (Air Toxics)
- Motor Vehicle and Fuel Standards
- Acidifying Deposition
- Visibility
- Climate Change Policy
- Stratospheric Ozone Protection

**Issues for GCRP**
- Climate Change and Variability
- Implications of Global Development
- UV Radiation

## Assessment of Air Quality Impacts of Global Change

**Fills a vital niche within CCSP**
- Focused on consequences for air quality managers
- Connecting global change to local health and control investment implications.
**Designed and implemented in close cooperation with OAR**
- Selection of tools, methods, timeframes, etc.
- Future cooperation needs to shift from methods to message
**Complements OAR work focused in other directions**
- Air quality impacts on climate change
- Intercontinental flows of air pollutants
- Public information programs related to climate change
- Integrated analysis tools for air quality management
- Alternative motor vehicle technology development
- Future technology and emissions scenario development
- Biogenic and wildfire emissions estimation
- Global integrated assessment modeling

## UV Exposure and Impacts

**1994-2004 EPA/ORD Nationwide UV Network**
- 21-site network of UV spectrophotometers
- http://www.epa.gov/uvnet/
***American Trucking Association v. EPA***** **
- Response to Remand, 2002
**2006-2008 Surface UV Levels v. Tropospheric Pollutants**
- 6-site Cooperative Monitoring Program OAR(ORD)-NOAA
- STAR Grant for Analysis