ICARUS (Integrated Climate forcing and Air impression Reduction in Urban Systems) was an international research and innovation project that addressed the application of integrated urban impact assessment tools and strategies to support air quality and climate change management. The aim was to design and implement appropriate emission reduction strategies to improve air quality and reduce the carbon footprint of European cities.

The ICARUS project was implemented between 2016 and 2020 and supported by Horizon 2020 with 17 partners from 9 European countries.

The ICARUS approach was applied in selected European cities of different sizes, ranging from relatively small cities (Brno, Basel, Ljubljana) to medium-sized cities (Stuttgart, Thessaloniki) to large cities (Athens, Madrid and Milan). The cities have been carefully selected to represent different urban environments.

One of the main activities of ENVIROS within the project was to participate in the selection of measures that were chosen to be easily feasible and implementable and to have a significant impact on the current anthropogenic emissions in the city of Brno. Our aim was to estimate the potential for emission reductions for nine air pollutants and three greenhouse gases between 2020 and 2030 after the theoretical implementation of four policy measures focusing on transport and energy.