Krzysztof OLENDRZYNSKI Secretariat of the LRTAP Convention

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Krzysztof OLENDRZYNSKISecretariat of the LRTAP
Convention

• UNECE CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR
  POLLUTION (LRTAP)

LRTAPs contributions to the development of
Shared Environmental Information System
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE
13th Working Group on Environmental Monitoring
and Assessment, Geneva, 2 November 2012
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List of contents

• exchange of information and reporting
  obligations under the Convention and its eight
  Protocols
• overview of air pollutant emission reporting in
  various MEAs
• emission data flow
• examples of reported data on effects
  (vegetation, integrated modelling, forests)

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Exchange of information and reporting obligations
under the Convention and its eight Protocols

• monitoring of ambient concentrations of air
  pollutants (collection of data at EMEP monitoring
  stations)
• assessment of air pollutant emissions national
  totals and spatially disaggregated (gridded
  emissions and Large Point Source emissions
• assessment of damage caused by air pollutants to
  ecosystems, materials and human health
• development of cost-effective measures and best
  available techniques (BATs) to reduce emissions
• development of best policies and strategies to
  reduce air pollution including development of air
  quality management systems

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Overview of air pollutant emission reporting in
various MEAs

• ECE LRTAP Convention (21 pollutants acidifying,
  ozone precursors, particulate matter, heavy
  metals, persistent organic compounds)
• 8 protocols
• UNFCCC (GHGs CO2, N2O, CH4, F-gases)
• Kyoto protocol
• Montreal protocol Ozone depleting pollutants
• Aarhus Convention -
• E-PRTR protocol industrial point sources 91
  pollutants
• .
• EIONET framework (EEA) annual priority data
  flows

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Emission data flow
MS inventories
MS inventories
MS inventories
Parties to the LRTAP/UNFCCC/E-PRTR
UNECE Secretariat UNFCCC Secretariat
Notification forms
testing
Country reports
inventories
RepDab
Central DB
Status reports
EMEP EB
Eurostat
Gridded data
Surrogate data
review
modelers
EEA, ETC ACC
UNFCCCCRF
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Spatial distribution of emissions
SOx
NH3
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Distribution of Large Point Sources, 2012
PM
MAIN
HM
POPs
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International Cooperative Programme (ICP) on
Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation
and Crops
ICP Vegetation objectives are to evaluate the
effects of air pollutants, identify realistic
dose-response functions, validate and
substantiate critical levels of ozone for crops
and non-wood plants, facilitate the production of
European ozone exceedance maps. Its Programme
Centre is with the Centre for Ecology and
Hydrology, Bangor, United Kingdom
More info at http//icpvegetation.ceh.ac.uk
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Participation

• 35 countries in the ECE region
• South Africa
• EECCA Belarus, Russian
• Federation, Ukraine
• Links with Asia Air Pollution
• Crops Effect Network

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International Cooperative Programme on Integrated
Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems
ICP Integrated Monitoring is to determine and
predict of the state of ecosystems (or
catchments) and their changes from a long-term
perspective with respect to the regional
variation and effect of air pollutants,
especially nitrogen, sulphur, ozone, and metals,
and including effects on biota. Its Programme
Centre is with the Finnish Environment Institute,
Helsinki.
More info at http//www.environment.fi/default.as
p?contentid361570lanEN
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Integrated Monitoring
Catchment approach Budget calculations Process
oriented
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TF 14 countries 50 sites
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International Cooperative Programme on on
Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution
Effects on Forests
ICP Forests mandate is to monitor effects of air
pollution as well as other anthropogenic and
natural stress factors on the condition and
development of forests in Europe and to
contribute to a better understanding of
cause-effect relationships in forest ecosystem
functioning in various parts of Europe. Its
Programme Centre is with the Federal Research
Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, in
Hamburg,
More info at http//www.icp-forests.org
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• About 6800 plots (Level 1)
• Coincident with NFI plots
• Information on
• Tree health
• Biotic/abiotic damage
• Forest growth
• Ground vegetation
• Biodiversity
• Carbon pools
• System still growing
• Turkey
• Russian Federation
• Contacts with the US

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Thank you very much
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