The Environmental Impacts of Production and Use of Energy: Part IV - Comparative Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Energy Sources - Phase III - Assessment of Tools and Methods for Incorporating the Environmental Factor into Energy Planning and Decision-Making

The original purpose of the present study, i.e., phase III of the comparative assessment was to assess and develop tools and methods for incorporating the environmental factor into energy planning and decision making process. However, as a gesture of circumspection UNEP's Programme Management decided to start first with a study on the assessment and to concentrate in a separate phase on the development and use of these tools and methods. Hence was this study the purpose of which was to review the available tools and methods for incorporating the environmental factor into energy planning and decision making processes particularly in connexion with the electric power systems. This was agreed upon and emphasized in Helsinki Expert Group Meeting. The Group also emphasized the importance of developing the tools and methods needed.