The overall aims of the project are thus:

1. to develop a conceptual framework within which to bring together the latest scientific evidence across all the relevant environmental sectors and disciplines as a basis for integrated assessment of both environmental and health impacts and risks;
2. to address the scientific and information deficits that currently exist by:
   • specifying the information and knowledge requirements needed to implement this framework, identifying the key gaps in existing monitoring and analytical capacity in Europe, and
   • developing and testing new systems for monitoring and modelling (e.g. biomonitoring, exposure assessment).
3. informed by this work, to build an operational toolbox for integrated assessment that can be applied to different stressors and environmental media (air pollution, water pollution, climate change etc), settings (ambient, domestic, occupational) and agents (chemicals, solid wastes, natural hazards, noise etc), in order:
   • to provide early warning of environment and health problems;
   • to help quantify and compare environment and health risks and thereby establish policy priorities;
   • to help set policy objectives and targets;
   • to make international comparisons and assess progress towards these policy targets;
   • to inform the public and other stakeholders; and
   • to enhance scientific support to policy.
4. to apply this approach to undertake integrated assessments for a range of key policy areas, including transport, housing, agricultural land use, water management, household chemicals, waste management and climate, in order:
   • to help develop and test the methodology and customise it to different policy needs; and
   • to provide information of direct and immediate relevance to current and emerging policy.