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    • Environmental Economics
    • Environmental Health Impact Assessment
    • Energy Policy Analysis

    Background:

    • Monetized environmental health impact assessments (EHIAs) are crucial for evaluating economic activities' environmental burden.
    • Limitations in scientific data and economic valuation assumptions can significantly influence policy decisions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate how policy assumptions impact quantified external costs.
    • Case study focuses on coal mining and electricity/heat generation in the Czech Republic.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a bottom-up impact-pathway approach for external cost quantification.
    • Developed multiple policy perspectives to aggregate impacts, varying geographic scope and valuation methods.

    Main Results:

    • The fraction of monetized external impacts considered in policy can differ by a factor of 10 based on the chosen decision perspective.
    • This variability underscores the sensitivity of EHIAs to underlying policy assumptions.

    Conclusions:

    • Current guidelines lack standardized rules for geographical boundaries and value adjustments in monetized impact summation.
    • Rigorous external cost assessments must include transboundary impacts, even if calculated separately.