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Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution

Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution aims to achieve clean air levels for human health & the environment by streamlining air quality regulations following the Clean Air for Europe Programme. Detailed interim objectives set until 2020 with thorough impact assessments. Stakeholder consultation and peer-reviewed health advice shape the strategy. Improvements include Euro vehicle standards, combustion reviews, and agricultural directives for better air quality. Legislative proposal expected in 2007.

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Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution

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  1. Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution and streamlined air quality legislation CAFE team, DG Environment

  2. Thematic Strategy is a response to 6th EAP • 6th EAP- Decision of Council & EP of July 2002: • ‘achieving levels of air quality that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on and risks to human health and the environment’; (Art 7.1. of 6th EAP) • Integrated approach; consistency with other environmental policies; exploit synergies; • Better Regulation • supported by thorough impact assessment; • new legislative proposal to streamline air quality legislation

  3. Objective of Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Programme • Established in 2001 to provide the technical input for the Thematic Strategy on air pollution • Best available science & transparency • Benchmark current and future air pollution with regard to significant impacts • Define interim objectives up to 2020 – based on analysis of closing the gap between business as usual and Maximum Technical Feasible improvement • Inform the review of air quality legislation

  4. How were these interim objectives defined? • Peer-reviewed health (WHO) and scientific advice • Assessment of the effect of current policies • Peer-reviewed integrated assessment to develop cost-effective solutions for both health and environment • Peer-reviewed Cost-Benefit Analysis • Macro-economic analysis • Lisbon Strategy & Competitiveness • Stakeholder involvement and consultation • Over 100 stakeholder meetings and over 10.000 responses to internet based consultation • Accompanied by comprehensive impact assessment (170+ pages)

  5. Summary of “Business as Usual” • Emissions continue to decline • But in 2020 • Premature deaths related to fine particulates still 270,000 • Loss of statistical average life still 5 months in the EU • Ozone premature mortality equal to 20,800 cases • 119,000 km2 of forest at risk from acid rain • 590,000 km2 of ecosystems at risk from nutrient Nitrogen • 760,000 km2 of forest at risk from ozone • Cost-effective improvements are possible Ships will represent 125% and 101% of land based SO2 and NOx emissions in 2020.

  6. The Strategy

  7. Improvement of health & environment (improvement relative to 2000)

  8. Summary of Strategy – Costs & Benefits

  9. Objectives of the Strategy

  10. Measures following the Strategy • Euro 5 for cars and vans • Euro 6 for Heavy Duty Engines • Revision of the NECD consistent with objectives identified in the Strategy • Small scale combustion • Review of IPPC directive for larger sources • Energy using Products directive for small sources • Ship NOx engine standards (IMO or Community) • Agriculture (NH3) • N content of feedstuffs • Review of IPPC directive for intensive agriculture • Revise Air quality legislation • http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/air/cafe/index.htm

  11. NECPI working group Revision of the National Emissions Ceilings Directive Clean Air & Transport Unit of DG Environment

  12. General Approach • Series of NECPI meetings in 2006/7 • Dedicated to specific issues/questions; e.g. • Choice Meteorological years • Choice of sensitivity scenarios • Form and content of information from model runs • “legal issues” / implementation mechanics • Cooperation between Member States, relative ceilings, etc.. • New pollutants • Modelling results

  13. General Approach (2) • Range of ambition levels already agreed • Recalculate key TS policy scenarios with the revised inputs (Baseline, MTFR, A, B, C, & TS) • Select and run sensitivity cases (Commission funded and Industry funded) • Select and run any required additional policy or sensitivity runs (incorporate new information) • Formulate and bring together advice on other issues (Cooperation, directive’s mechanics, etc.) • Commission initiates internal process to decide upon precise content of legislative proposal

  14. Time frame • Realistically, directive proposal not expected until 1st half of 2007 • Modelling work unlikely to start until April/May 2006 (new baseline being developed) • Envisage 5 meetings of NECPI in 2006; Additional meetings in 2007 will be decided later.

  15. Other Relevant Activities • Revision of the NECD Reporting requirements • Simplify and have greater coherence of reporting requirements for Member States (Greenhouse gas, NECD, CLRTAP) • CLRTAP is developing a prototype “Inventory Review” process as requested by the Executive Body • This will require a national inventory report to explain justify national emissions inventories • Working Group on Implementation to address the issues

  16. Key questions of a New NEC Directive • New pollutants (PM, CH4)? • New approaches – trading/cooperation between Member States? • Relative ceilings rather than absolute caps? • New obligations to support CLRTAP scientific work…? • Critical Loads reporting? • Gridded emissions reporting? • Monitoring? • Revision of the reporting regime

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