Name, event, date

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• Name, event, date

Tim Kasten United Nations Environment Programme
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Urban air pollution a key issue

• WHO estimates more than 1 billion people exposed
  to outdoor air exceeding maximum recommended
  levels
• Up to 1 million premature deaths, up to 1 million
  pre-natal deaths
• Cost of urban air pollution estimated to be 2 of
  GDP, in developed countries and more than 5 in
  developing countries (e.g. 7 China, to rise to
  13 by 2020)
• Local and global effects (climate change)

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Urban air pollution a key issue - continued

• In US almost half of urban residents exposed to
  harmful levels of ozone
• In Nairobi, Kenya, lead levels are more than 25
  times as high as WHO standards
• In Shanghai, China, mobile sources are
  contributing between 70-90 to air pollution
  such as CO, NOx, HC and particulates
• GEF now recognises transport sector as key to CO2
  emissions

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Urban populations by Region
Urban populations in 2000, by region
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Vehicle Population in Major Indian Cities
(In 000s)
SIAM
Source Motor Transport Statistics of India,
2002-03, Govt of India
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Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV)

• established at the World Summit on Sustainable
  Development, August 2002
• to promote clean fuels and vehicles to address
  urban air quality
• public private Partnership
• Clearing-House in UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi,
  Kenya

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PCFV Objectives

• the elimination of lead in gasoline and the phase
  down of sulfur in diesel and gasoline fuels,
  concurrent with
• the adoption of cleaner vehicle technologies
• website
• www.unep.org/pcfv

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Partners
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PCFV Activities

• Global level
• Clearing House at UNEP HQ
• Information collection and dissemination (incl.
  website)
• Partners network
• Working Groups on key issues
• Support to Partners and activities at regional,
  sub-regional and national levels

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PCFV Substantive Activities

• Global Working Groups
• Valve Seat Recession
• Octane
• Sulfur
• Public Awareness

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PCFV and Asia

• Increasing activities in Asia in 2005 (PCFV
  Programme of Work 2005)
• Phase out leaded gasoline in countries still
  using
• Reduce sulfur levels
• Support introduction of clean vehicles
  technologies (gasoline catalytic converters,
  diesel PM traps) and clean vehicles
• Cooperation with key players (USEPA, CAI-Asia,
  ADB, UNEP, SIAM, JPEC, JAMA, .etc. -- all PCFV
  Partners or in process of joining)

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Information Website www.unep.org/pcfv
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www.unep.org/PCFV