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Krzysztof OLENDRZY Ń SKI Secretariat of the LRTAP Convention

LRTAP’s contributions to the development of Shared Environmental Information System. Krzysztof OLENDRZY Ń SKI Secretariat of the LRTAP Convention. UNECE CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION (LRTAP). UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE.

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Krzysztof OLENDRZY Ń SKI Secretariat of the LRTAP Convention

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  1. LRTAP’s contributions to the development of Shared Environmental Information System Krzysztof OLENDRZYŃSKISecretariat of the LRTAP Convention UNECE CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION (LRTAP) UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSIONFOR EUROPE 13th Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Geneva, 2 November 2012

  2. List of contents • exchange of information and reporting obligations under the Convention and its eight Protocols • overview of air pollutant emission reporting in various MEAs • emission data flow • examples of reported data on effects (vegetation, integrated modelling, forests)

  3. Exchange of information and reporting obligations under the Convention and its eight Protocols • monitoring of ambient concentrations of air pollutants (collection of data at EMEP monitoring stations) • assessment of air pollutant emissions – national totals and spatially disaggregated (gridded emissions and Large Point Source emissions • assessment of damage caused by air pollutants to ecosystems, materials and human health • development of cost-effective measures and best available techniques (BATs) to reduce emissions • development of best policies and strategies to reduce air pollution including development of air quality management systems; • …

  4. Overview of air pollutant emission reporting in various MEAs • ECE LRTAP Convention (21 pollutants: acidifying, ozone precursors, particulate matter, heavy metals, persistent organic compounds); • 8 protocols • UNFCCC (GHGs: CO2, N2O, CH4, F-gases) • Kyoto protocol • Montreal protocol – Ozone depleting pollutants • Aarhus Convention - • E-PRTR protocol – industrial point sources – 91 pollutants • ……. • EIONET framework (EEA) – annual priority data flows

  5. Emission data flow MS inventories MS inventories MS inventories Parties to the LRTAP/UNFCCC/E-PRTR UNECE Secretariat UNFCCC Secretariat Notificationforms testing Country reports inventories RepDab Central DB Status reports EMEP EB Eurostat Gridded data Surrogate data review modelers EEA, ETC ACC UNFCCCCRF

  6. Spatial distribution of emissions SOx NH3

  7. Distribution of Large Point Sources, 2012 PM MAIN HM POPs

  8. International Cooperative Programme (ICP) on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops ICP Vegetation objectives are to evaluate the effects of air pollutants, identify realistic dose-response functions, validate and substantiate critical levels of ozone for crops and non-wood plants, facilitate the production of European ozone exceedance maps. Its Programme Centre is with the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, United Kingdom More info at: http://icpvegetation.ceh.ac.uk

  9. ICP VEGETATION Participation • 35 countries in the ECE region • + South Africa • EECCA: Belarus, Russian • Federation, Ukraine • Links with Asia: Air Pollution • Crops Effect Network

  10. International Cooperative Programme on Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems ICP Integrated Monitoring is to determine and predict of the state of ecosystems (or catchments) and their changes from a long-term perspective with respect to the regional variation and effect of air pollutants, especially nitrogen, sulphur, ozone, and metals, and including effects on biota. Its Programme Centre is with the Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki. More info at: http://www.environment.fi/default.asp?contentid=361570&lan=EN

  11. Integrated Monitoring Catchment approach Budget calculations Process oriented

  12. Integrated Monitoring sites TF 14 countries 50 sites

  13. International Cooperative Programme on on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests ICP Forests mandateis to monitor effects of air pollution as well as other anthropogenic and natural stress factors on the condition and development of forests in Europe and to contribute to a better understanding of cause-effect relationships in forest ecosystem functioning in various parts of Europe. Its Programme Centre is with the Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, in Hamburg, More info at: http://www.icp-forests.org

  14. About 6800 plots (Level 1) • Coincident with NFI plots • Information on: • Tree health • Biotic/abiotic damage • Forest growth • Ground vegetation • Biodiversity • Carbon pools • System still growing • Turkey • Russian Federation • Contacts with the US

  15. Thank you very much For further information: krzysztof.olendrzynski@unece.org http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/welcome.html

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