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Better Air Quality 2004 Agra, India 6-8 December 2004

Better Air Quality 2004 Agra, India 6-8 December 2004. Capacity-building for Air Quality Management in Central Asia Lars Nordberg Stockholm, Sweden Adviser on International Legislation on Air Pollution E-mail: la.nordberg@tele2.se. CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS Kazakhstan Kyrgystan Tajikistan

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Better Air Quality 2004 Agra, India 6-8 December 2004

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  1. Better Air Quality 2004Agra, India 6-8 December 2004 Capacity-building for Air QualityManagement in CentralAsia Lars Nordberg Stockholm, Sweden Adviser on International Legislation on Air Pollution E-mail: la.nordberg@tele2.se

  2. CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS Kazakhstan Kyrgystan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

  3. OBJECTIVES Full cooperation within the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution • Monitoring and evaluation • Control of sulphur emissions • Control of NOx emissions • Control of VOC emissions • Control of heavy metals emissions • Control of POPs emissions • Integrated action on acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone

  4. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS • Emission reductions • National emission ceilings • Emission limit values • Strategies and policies • Product control measures • Reporting • Exchange of information • Public participation • Research and development

  5. EMISSION SOURCES • Stationary • Mobile • Diffuse • Point • Transboundary

  6. PRESENT MONITORING ACTIVITIES IN KAZAKHSTAN • Mainly urban and industrial areas • Rural backgrond stations needed • Long-range transboundary component must be addressed

  7. MEASURES NEEDED TO BE TAKEN BY KAZAKHSTAN • Policy development • Technical and infrastructural issues • Scientific issues • Regulatory aspects • Administrative and managerial issues

  8. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS INTEGRATION OF ISSUES • Health • Environment • Materials • Economic development • Poverty • Energy prices and taxation • Public participation

  9. STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS • Vision statement by Government • Review of current legislation • Costs and benefits of measures • Plans for follow-up • Regional and sub-regional cooperation • Integrated approaches • Structural change • Economic instruments • Public involvement

  10. WAYS FORWARD 1 • Upgrade emission inventories • Review inadequacies in monitoring and reporting • Improve energy scenarios • Verify calculation methods • Pay attention to LRTAP • Develop routines for reporting

  11. WAYS FORWARD 2 • Develop effect-oriented research • Take part in international cooperation • Consider economic instruments • Harmonize national programmes • Provide necessary funds • Proceed step-by-step

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