LIFE SIRIUS improves governance in urban air quality planning and management through advancing knowledge and competences of the responsible public authorities
For this purpose, the following actions are taken:
- Overview of the Air Quality Plan (AQP) decision-making framework and improvement of the effectiveness.
- Assessment of current and future air quality and premature mortality.
- Establishment of urban environmental modeling systems and easily adaptable health-related warning systems.
- Implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS).
- Decision-making regulations for the proper implementation of the updated AQPs with the use of EMS.
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LIFE SIRIUS Impact

Professor Dimitris Melas
Project Manager (AUTH)
Urbanization has grown to be one of the most important human-environmental
interactions. Urban dwellers are often exposed to levels of air pollution
that are harmful to their health while the urban heat island effect
reinforce the impact of heatwaves on human health.

Dr. Chrysanthos Savvides
Senior Labour Inspection Officer (DLI)
Being the Head of Air Quality Section of DLI I am responsible for air quality monitoring in Cyprus

Dr. Jonilda Kushta
Associate Research Scientist (CYI-CARE-C)
There is nothing more satisfactory for a scientist than giving back to the society, and LIFE SIRIUS is giving us this opportunity through its well-structured objectives and excellent partnerships

Dr. Stefania Argentini
Research Director (ISAC-CNR)
It is a difficult but due job for a scientist contribute to the awareness of society on problems connected to urban climate and health, LIFE SIRIUS offer an opportunity to do that in an international context

Dr. Athena Progiou
General Director (AXON)
We are always happy to be involved in interesting projects as LIFE SIRIUS and looking forward to achieve all the goals set

Dr. Georgios Papastergios
Head of Resilience Office (MoT)
Air quality monitoring and improvement are important policy targets for MoT, directly linked to our participation in the EU Mission "Climate Neutral and Smart Cities"

Alessandro Di Giosa
Environmental engineer, responsible of the CRQA (ARPA Lazio - CRQA)
I am an expert on land transformation processes and related environmental impacts; therefore LIFE SIRIUS represents a unique opportunity to deepen these aspects
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How we work
LIFE SIRIUS in 4 steps:
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Pathway to scale-up and accelerate solutions aiming at tackling air quality issues, giving emphasis on health impacts and compound effects.
2.
Framework for increasing awareness of environmental issues associated with poor air quality.
3.
Increased capacity and improved effectiveness and efficiency of public administration of the three regions involved to upgrade the performance of AQPs.
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Common evaluation system regarding health effects of air pollution and future scenarios that assess the evolution of the situation in selected future periods.
Final Impact
Updated Air Quality Plans (Thessaloniki/Rome/Nicosia). Operational air quality and health-related warning systems. Unified Environmental Management System.
Department of Applied and Environmental Physics School of Physics, Faculty of Sciences
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
54124 Thessaloniki