Integrating road transport and emissions modelling : REM workshop outcomes and follow-up investigation

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) organised a two day 'Road-transport and Emissions Modelling' (REM) Workshop, under the umbrella of the Enlargement and Integration Action 2015. The workshop was hosted by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje, on 10th and 11th of September 2015. Traffic models and emission models are strongly interrelated. There cannot be emissions if there is no traffic, movement of people and goods - and transport mobility increases every year. But increased transport means increased emissions, and consequently increased pollution which is the main reason for climate change worldwide. It has been one of the main objectives of the REM 2015 Workshop, to provide the basics of transport and emission modelling and to promote their proper integration because scientists in the two disciplines hardly communicate in an effective way.