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.

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.
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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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

8 May 2025
Do social and economic factors affect how air pollution impacts our health?
Air pollution — especially fine particles known as PM2.5 — is a well-known threat to human health. But are some people more affected than others? A new study led by researchers at Umeå University in the VALESOR project examines whether a person’s income or education level affects the severity of long-term exposure to PM2.5.