Recent and on-going Eionet & EEA activities

1. Recent and on-going Eionet & EEA activities Anke Lükewille Air Pollution, Transport and Noise Group (EEA) 16th Joint TFEIP/EIONET meeting, Milano, 11-12 May 2014

2. Delivering the MAWP 2014-2018Air pollution, transport and noise Objective To support and inform policy development and implementation in the areas of air pollution, transport and environment and noise by means of data, information/indicators and assessments. Specifically: • to collect, process, quality assure, store and disseminate historical and where possible up-to-date (i.e. near real time) data underpinning these policies; • to support countries with the reporting of data towards the European Commission, the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the EEA; • to adapt and further develop EEA information systems (e.g. Reportnet, databases, viewers) to accommodate anticipated changes in country reporting; • to make use of Copernicus atmosphere services to support the EEA data and information products on air quality, including near real time data; • to support countries and the European Commission with relevant analyses and compilations of the reported information and with direct policy support; • to track progress towards, and provide outlooks for, the achievement of targets as defined in relevant EU and international legislation, including the long-term objectives of minimising impact from air pollution and the decarbonisation of the transport sector; • to produce integrated and targeted assessments of air pollution, noise and transport and environment, the impacts on human health, climate change and the environment and the effectiveness and co-benefits of policies and measures in these areas as well as in related environmental areas; • to increase knowledge and understanding of air pollution and climate change inter-linkages, pursuing an integrated approach to promote efficiencies and improved implementation. Data compilation, quality assurance, dissemination, international reporting (LRTAP) (datasets, dataviewers, maps, ‘up to date’ information etc) Policy support, tracking progress to targets, indicators Thematic assessments, cross-cutting activities

3. Multiannual work programme 2014-2018 Supporting the developing policy framework Strategic Areas Informing policy implementation Assessing systemic challenges Knowledge co-creation, sharing and use EEA management

4. Contents • Publications and meetings • Eionet priority data flows • SOER 2015 • Questionnaire for EIONET participants EU urban population exposed to harmful levels of air pollution, according to: EU air quality standards WHO guidelines Source: EEA Air Quality Report 2014

5. Air Quality Adaptation? 2014

6. 1.1 Air pollution, transport and noise (1) • Processes • Support to Air Quality Expert Group/Committee (AQ + emissions) • Support to LRTAP Convention, TFEIP, annual emission inventory review etc. • Implementation of air quality ‘e-reporting’ IT infrastructure, AQ IPR pilot meetings • Preparing for Fuel Quality Directive reporting – 2015 onward • EIONET meetings in 2015 • 16-17 April EIONET Transport(Copenhagen, Denmark) • 11-12 May EIONET/TFEIP Emissions (Milano, Italy) • 5-6 October EIONET Air Quality (Ljubljana, Slovenia) • 22-23 October EIONET Noise (Utrecht, Netherlands) • Expert workshops – AQ e-reportingetc.

7. 1.1 Air pollution, transport and noise (2) • 2014 Publications • Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2014 – Q1 • Annual NEC Directive status report 2013 – Q2 • EU emission inventory report under the UNECE LRTAP Convention – Q2 • Impacts of air pollution on Europe’s ecosystems– Q2 • Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe – Q4 • Air quality in Europe – 2014 report – Q4 • Noise assessment report – 2014– Q4 • Annual Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism report (TERM) – Q4 • CO2­ emissions performance of car manufacturers in 2013– Q4

8. 1.1 Air pollution, transport and noise (2) • 2015 Publications (plus SOER2015 publications) • Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2014 – Q2 • Annual NEC Directive status report 2013 – Q2 • EU emission inventory report under the UNECE LRTAP Convention – Q2 • Explaining road transport emissions – Q3 • Annual Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism report (TERM) – Q4 • Air quality in Europe – 2015 – Q4 • Monitoring CO2 emissions from passenger cars and vans in 2014 – Q4

9. EIONET priority data flows • Eionet priority data flow criteria are agreed, stable, well-defined objectives that provide a focus for countries reporting across thematic areas. • Dataflows typically are relied upon by EEA for indicators, assessment reports etc, • Two air pollutant emissions dataflows: • AE1 LRTAP data • AE2 NEC Directive data

10. LRTAP dataflow scoring criteria http://www.eionet.europa.eu/dataflows/pdf2011/flow_summary?flow=AE1 08 May 2015

11. EEA/NFP WG on „Eionet - Priority - Data – Flows” … to support achieving the objectives of the EEA 2014-2018 MAWP

12. Composition of the EPDF working group The following countries have confirmed their participation: Cross-EEA representation: ACC (2); NSV (2), IDM (1), PAN (1). Co-chairs: EEA (Martin Adams) and Belgium (Jan Voet).

13. Terms of reference – EPDF WG outputs • Deliver a joint EEA/Eionet proposal to the EEA Management Board (Nov 2015), including: • Revised definition and selection criteria guidance for priority data flows; • Proposed list for an updated set of priority data flows according to the developed criteria; • Proposal for revised evaluation criteria for monitoring reporting of data flows; • Proposals for longer term development of the priority data flow report to potentially cover a broader range of data flows (not just priorities).

14. 17 February 2015 – first meeting of EPDF WG • Examples of key discussion items: • In the shift over 20 years from many voluntary data flows to most being covered under (EU) legislation, what does it mean for a data flow to be an Eionet ‘priority’ data flow? • What do we mean by ‘data’? Just talking about numerical data or also the delivery of descriptive data? (e.g. CC adaptation reports) • Thinking about why we still score reporting performance – does the original rationale for scoring still exist? • How might we strengthen the ‘data quality’ component, i.e. assessing whether reported data is fit for purpose • etc... • Communication: Forum working space • http://forum.eionet.europa.eu/nfp-eionet/library/nfp-working-groups/eionet-priority-data-flows-wg

15. http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer-2015/for-journalists

16. SOER 2015A suite of product(s): two reports, 87 online briefings Synthesis Report Global Megatrends Briefings & Report Thematic Briefings Cross-Country Comparisons Country Briefings Part 1 – Setting the scene Part 2 – Assessing trends Part 3 – Looking ahead • A set of 25 thematic briefings, which address: • Air pollution • Biodiversity • CC impacts & adapt. .. • Mitigating Climate... • Forests • Freshwater • Marine • Noise • Soil • Waste • Agriculture • Consumption • Energy • Industry • Maritime • Tourism • Transport • Health • Resource efficiency • Air & climate system • Land systems • Hydrological systems • Urban systems • Natural capital • Green economy • A set of 11 briefings, which address: • Diverging global population trends • Living in an urban world • Disease burden and risk of new pandemics • Accelerating technological change • Continued economic growth? • From a unipolar to a multipolar world • Intensified global competition for resources • Growing pressures on ecosystems • Consequences of climate change • Increasing pollution load • Diversifying approach to governance • A set of 9 briefings, which address: • Air pollution (focus on selected pollutants) • Biodiversity (focus on protected areas) • Climate Change (focus on greenhouse gases) • Freshwater (focus on nutrients in rivers) • Waste (focus on municipal solid waste) • Agriculture (focus on organic farming) • Energy (focus on energy consumption and renewables) • Transport (focus on passenger transport) • Resource efficiency (focus on material resources) • A set of 39 briefings which summarise reports on the state of the environment in: • 33 EEA member countries • 6 cooperating countries in the Western Balkans • In addition, 3 briefings give an overview of main environmental challenges in selected regions that extend beyond Europe, identified in the 7th EAP: • Arctic • Black Sea • The Mediterranean. Online briefings Printed reports

17. SOER 2015 online http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer e.g. Air Pollution fiche

18. ‘Live’ download options SOER 2015 - http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer

19. Air pollution and health – key messages

20. Air pollution & the environment – key messages

21. SOER 2015 country briefings http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer

22. SOER 2015 http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer

23. Questionnaire for Eionet participants • EEA now undertakes regular evaluations of all EIONET-related workshops. • A main objective is to receive feedback to help strengthen the EEA – Eionet cooperation and improve the effectiveness of the meetings & network. • After the workshop, we will mail you a link to the on-line questionnaire. • Please complete promptly – thank you!

24. http://eea.europa.eu/air • martin.adams@eea.europa.eu • anke.luekewille@eea.europa.eu