The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established the "Committee
on the Challenges of Modern Society" (CCMS) at the November 1969 meeting
of the North Atlantic Council. The CCMS was charged with developing
meaningful environmen- tal and social programs that complement other
international pro- grams, and with showing leadership, first, in
solution of exist- ing problems and, second, in development of
long-range goals for environmental protection in the NATO sphere of
influence and in other countries as well. A first Pilot Study on Air
Pollution was initiated by the CCMS at its inaugural meeting in December
1969. The United States (Environmental Protection Agency) has been the
pilot nation with the Federal Republic of Germany (Federal Minis- try of
the Interior) and Turkey (Scientific and Technical Rese- arch Council)
as co-pilot nations. The Pilot Study on Air Pollution was an action
program de- signed to demonstrate and encourage the utilization of
existing knowledge for the development of air quality management
programs. It entailed the demonstration of a systems approach to air
quali- ty management. Case studies have been carried out in Ankara,
Turkey; Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany; St. Louis, U.S.; Oslo,
Norway; and South Holland Region, The Netherlands (NATO/CCMS Report No.
6, Appendices A- E).