Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants and Policy Making

1. 1979 2009 30th Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants and Policy Making Sonja Vidič CLRTAP/EMEP Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia Environmental Prediction into the Next Decade:Weather, Climate, Water and the Air We Breathe Technical Conference, Incheon, Republic of Korea, 16-17 November 2009

2. The LRTAP Convention was the first international legally binding instrument to deal with problems of air pollution on a broad regional basis. • Besides laying down the general principles of international cooperation for air pollution abatement, the Convention sets up an institutional framework bringing together research and policy.

3. Protocols to the Convention The Convention has been extended by eight protocols: • The 1999 Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone;23 Parties. Entered into force on 17 May 2005. (Guidance documents to Protocol adopted by decision 1999/1). • The 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); 28 Parties. Entered into force on 23 October 2003. • The 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals; 28 Parties. Entered into force on 29 December 2003. • The 1994 Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions; 27 Parties. Entered into force 5 August 1998. • The 1991 Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes; 22 Parties. Entered into force 29 September 1997. • The 1988 Protocol concerning the Control of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes; 31 Parties. Entered into force 14 February 1991. • The 1985 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30 per cent; 23 Parties. Entered into force 2 September 1987. • The 1984 Protocol on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP); 42 Parties. Entered into force 28 January 1988.

4. Artic Ocean CA Pacific Ocean US Atlantic Ocean FI NO SE RU RU EE LV DK LT BY IE NL GB PL DE BE L U CZ . UA KZ SK AT HU CH MD FR SI RO HR SR BA IT CG BG GE KG FY UZ AL ES AM AZ TM GR TR PT TJ MT CY 51 parties to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Pollution

5. COLD WAR IN EUROPE (1945-1990)

6. Definitions

7. Organizational structure

8. Organizational structure

9. Partnership, leadership

10. Partnership, leadership

11. Artic Ocean CA Pacific Ocean US Atlantic Ocean FI NO SE RU RU EE LV DK LT BY IE NL GB PL DE BE L U CZ . UA KZ SK AT HU CH MD FR SI RO HR SR BA IT CG BG GE KG FY UZ AL ES AM AZ TM GR TR PT TJ MT CY 42 parties to the EMEP Protocol

12. Mision of EMEP The Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP) will continue to represent the main science-based and policy driven instrument for international cooperation in atmospheric monitoring and modelling, emission inventories and projections, and integrated assessment to help solve transboundary air pollution problems in Europe.

13. Vision

14. Partnership, leadership where E denotes the effects in the environment or on human health, c -the concentration or deposition of air pollutants, Q – emis sions, and $ - the cost of an impact or of an emission reduction. WGE addresses the term E/c EMEP centres (MSCE, MSCW, CCC, CEIP) address the term c/Q, and CIAM addresses Q/$ and carries out the optimisation (max(E/$)).

15. Modelling

16. Results Implemented in EECCA countries

17. Exceedance of nutrient N CLs, CCE Status Report 2008

18. Evaluation of EMEP capacities in the current strategic period (2000-2009)1 (low), 2 (medium), 3 (high)

19. Results PUBLIC, ON THE WEB www.emep.int http://www.nilu.no/projects/ccc/ www.unece.org

20. Thank you