The European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change ETC ACC

1. The European Topic Centre on Air and Climate ChangeETC ACC

2. ETC ACC • Extension of (ETC/AE + ETC/AQ) • Established for three years • A truly European consortium • Lead organization: RIVM • Led by Keimpe Wieringa • Around 10 manyear/year

3. ..serve the countries and the Commission… Policy development Information from EEA Implementation, compliance Commission Countries

4. Work Programme • Support data reporting and information access and help remove duplication • Develop indicators for general and sectoral environment reporting • Contribute to State-of-Environment reporting and environmental outlooks • Support international Conventions • Explore cross-benefits between climate change and air pollution policies

5. ETC ACCconsortium Institute of public health and environment (RIVM) Netherlands Umweltbundesamt (UBA Berlin) Germany Umweltbundesamt (UBA Vienna) Austria Norwegian Air Research Centre (NILU) Norway Norwegian Meteorological Institute (DNMI) Norway Intern. Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Technical University Athens (NTUA), Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUT) Greece TNO-MEP Netherlands AEA Technology United Kingdom Oeko-institute Germany Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) Slovak Republic Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) Czech Republic

6. Main objectives for ETC ACC • Integrated Assessment and contribution to EEA main reports; • Implemention of data collection and information systems (EUROAIRNET, AIRBASE, CORINAIR); further streamlining information gathering and reporting procedures; • Provide support to the EU policy and legislative frameworks CAFE and ECCP and international conventions; • Support countries in reporting to the Commis-sion and international organisations, and for inclusion in the ETC databases, by providing guidance/guidebooks, tools and by organising workshops.

7. Main policy support activities • EU legislation • Air Pollution: • CAFÉ • AQ Framework Directive • Daughter Directive, Ozone Directive • NEC Directive • EoI • Large Combustion Plant Directive + Solvent Directives • Directive on ODS • IPPC Directive and EPER Decision

8. Main policy support activities • EU legislation • Air Pollution: • Directive on ODS • IPPC Directive and EPER Decision • International Conventions • UN-ECE CLRTAP

9. Products and services • WP1: Integrated assessment for policy making and EEA reporting • WP2: Indicators, data flows and databases • WP3: Additional support to EU and international policy frameworks • WP4: ETC management and links to EIONET

10. Products and services - WP1 • Proposal for an organisational framework for assessments (July) • Contribution to Environmental Signals 2002/Kiev report (October) • Preparations for EU 2004 State and Outlook report (November) • Contribution to next TERM and (possibly) EERM (December)

11. Products and services - WP2 • Core set of AP & CC indicators (June) • feasibility of an European indicator-based CC report (September) • Regular EIONET priority data flow progress reports (NFP/EIONET-meetings) • Updating databases (Corinair, Airbase, MDS) and update EMEP/Corinair Guidebook (May (AE); December (AQ)) • Updates of AQ-DEM and AE-DEM (June, December)

12. Products and services - WP3/AP • Support to CAFÉ programme (ongoing) • Topic Report Air Quality in Europe (July) • Topic Report Air Emission Trends in Europe (July) • EU-NECD/CLRTAP Annual Emission Inventory (June) • Report on Ozone in Europe in Summer 2001 (October) • Support to EU Pollutant Emission Registration (IPPC) (ongoing)

13. Products and services - WP4 • ETC Management and links to EIONET (ongoing) • Implementation Plan (July) • ad-hoc support (on request) • Progress reports; newsletter (3-monthly) • Interaction EIONET; country visits, web site; workshops (ongoing) • participation in cross-cutting EEA/ETC groups (ongoing)