Progress under the Convention

1. Progress under the Convention Henning Wuester Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap (for general information) http://www.unece.org/env/tfiam (for the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling)

2. Kara Sea Kara Sea Barents Sea Barents Sea Artic Ocean Artic Ocean Canada Iceland Iceland Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean of America Finland Finland North Sea North Sea Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Norway Norway Sweden Sweden Russian Federation Russian Federation Estonia Estonia Latvia Latvia Lithuania Lithuania Denmark Denmark Ireland Ireland Belarus Belarus United United Poland Poland Kingdom Kingdom Netherlands Netherlands Germany Germany Belgium Belgium Ukraine Ukraine Czech Rep. Czech Rep. Luxembourg Luxembourg Slovakia Slovakia Austria Austria Hungary Hungary Moldova Moldova France France Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Switzerland Switzerland Aral Aral Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Slovenia Slovenia Romania Romania Sea Sea Croatia Croatia Bosnia and Bosnia and Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Monaco Monaco Herzegovina Herzegovina Black Sea Black Sea Kyrgyzstan Caspian Caspian Bulgaria Bulgaria Georgia Georgia Sea Sea F.Y.R.of F.Y.R.of Italy Italy Albania Albania Macedonia Macedonia Armenia Armenia Spain Spain Greece Greece Turkey Turkey Portugal Portugal Malta Malta Cyprus Cyprus Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea The coverage of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (48 Parties) Canada of America Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

3. The Protocols in force: • 1984 Protocol on the Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, EMEP, 38 Parties • 1985 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions by at least 30 per cent, 22 Parties • 1988 Protocol on the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides, 28 Parties • 1991 Protocol on the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds, 20 Parties • 1994 Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions, 23 Parties

4. The new Protocols (not yet in force): • 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals, 36 Signatories, 9 ratifications • 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 36 Signatories, 6 ratifications • 1999 Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone, 31 Signatories

5. Intergovernmental bodies, expert groups and scientific centres under the Convention

6. The main priorities adopted in 1999 • Review and extension of existing protocols; • Implementation of and compliance with existing agreements. • These two policy-related tasks should be based on sound scientific support from three core activities: • Atmospheric measurements and modelling; • Effects; and • Integrated assessment, including modelling and economic benefit evaluation.

7. Decisions by the EMEP SB and the WGSR • Received the report from the 25th meeting of TFIAM with appreciation • Agreed to set up National Focal Points for Integrated Assessment Modelling (NFIAM) • Tentative timetable for the preparation of the review of the Gothenburg Protocol • Set up a Network of Experts on Benefit and Economic Instruments (NEBEI). NEBEI held its first workshop on the measurements of health impacts in February 2001

8. Funding of Convention’s core activities • Executive Body requested WGSR to draft a legal instrument for the long-term financing of core activities not covered by the EMEP Protocol • EMEP only covers IAM work through external assistance from MSC-W ($ 66’) • At the EB, CIAM requirements above this were budgeted at $ 180’ for 2001 and $ 240’ for 2002 and 2003 • TFIAM should propose a budget to the EMEP Steering Body for 2002

9. Autumn 2000 Preliminary modelling framework CIAM 2001 Preliminary reduced form model MSC-W, CIAM, TFIAM 2002 Interface to urban scale model(s) CIAM, TFIAM, CAFE (?) … Update of base year emissions, update of modelling framework and 2010, 2015 and 2020 scenarios CIAM, TFIAM Workshop on shipping emissions CIAM, MSC-W, TFIAM, BARCOM, … Planning of further work up to 2004 (1)

10. 2003 Test of scenario analysis, sensitivity runs CIAM, TFIAM Workshop on uncertainty management TFIAM, … 2004 Workshop on national IAM experiences TFIAM, … Application of the model for policy discussions by the Working Group on Strategies and review CIAM, TFIAM Planning of further work up to 2004 (2)