Valuation of environmental stressors
What's the cost of chemical emissions and air pollution?
Recognizing the costs of chemicals and air pollution in policy making
EU project VALESOR aims to make major contributions to the efforts in science and policy to accomodate the economic values of environmental stressors in policy making.
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What’s the (health) cost of pollution?
Dementia, kidney disease, hypertension, asthma, chronic bronchitis, fertility loss and cancers. The list of known health impacts from air pollution and exposure to chemical substances is long and getting longer.
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About the project
Building on decades of experience in creating and using world-leading economic valuation models to support environmental policy making, VALESOR will make the economic valuation of environmental stressors standardisable, transparent, and utilisable.
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Follow the project
Outreach and communication is central to the VALESOR project. We will regularly organise seminars and workshops with our stakeholders. Sign up to follow the project and receive invitations!
Latest news
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VALESOR gathers in Stockholm for three days of collaboration and planning
From April 7 to 9, 2025, the VALESOR consortium met in person at the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute in Stockholm. The three-day meeting brought together partners from across Europe to discuss the project's progress and outline the next steps in developing the VALESOR tools and models.
14 January 2025 13 January 2025 2025 – A pivotal year for economic evaluation in VALESOR
10 January 2025 Real-life applications of the VALESOR methodology
9 January 2025 Preparing for the launch of the VALESOR tool: A milestone year in 2025
7 January 2025 Work package one - Review of state-of-the-art knowledge
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