EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN-EUROPE

International agreements and national policy aiming at emission reduct ion require information on the current situation as wed as recommendat ions on how to avoid harmful environmental effects in a cast-effective way, Energy-environment models, such as the LP-model EFOM-ENV, can be used (1) to analyze the influences of structural changes and energy s aving measures (2) to study the effects of strategies aiming at a simu ltaneous reduction of multiple pollutants and (3) to develop emission and deposition reduction strategies, Selected results of EFOM-ENV appl ications in several Central and Eastern European countries are present ed here, They show a high potential for fuel and technology switching as well as for energy saving measures in these countries. This leads t o emission reduction costs which are significantly lower than in Weste rn European countries, (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd, All rights reser ved.