National Greenhouse Response Strategy (NGRS)

Air quality trends and abatement options

Summary report and conclusions of the workshop on Review and Assessment of European Air Pollution Policies, prepared by the organizers with the assistance of the secretariat

The Contracting Parties shall by exchange of information, consultation, research and monitoring, develop without undue delay policies and strategies which shall serve as a means of combating the discharge of air pollutants.

(e) Give technical input to other abatement strategies of Parties to the Convention

It considered especially the differences identified by sector to have implications for developing abatement strategies.

Hold its thirty eighth session from 18 to 22 September 2006, and a further meeting of Heads of Delegation in 2006 if required.

The Expert Group considered approaches to calculating costs for ammonia abatement measures and development of cost curves.

Provide the Working Group with summaries of background information on sectors covered by ECODAT

This has resulted in the transport sector becoming the dominant contributor to emissions of nitrogen oxides.

Linking Air Pollution and Climate Change Policy.

Q.61 Provide information on strategies in your country for addressing the control of emissions from the agricultural sector.

The Expert Group noted the need for a common costing technique on ammonia abatement.

Statistics showed that 70 to 80 of Sofia's air pollution is caused by emissions from cars, trucks, and buses.

Understanding differences in costs between countries would lead to the development of more cost effective techniques for ammonia abatement.

Q.53 Describe the extent to which your country's air pollution control programme is designed to control multiple pollutants simultaneously.

Objectives Improved technical understanding of the abatement options and the technical possibilities to reduce concentrations of particulate matter under the Convention.

Most Parties indicated that the principles of sustainable development were used to guide the assessment of options for abating the increase of GHG emissions and enhancing sinks.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change provides an internationally binding basis for combatting the anthropogenic greenhouse effect.

The Australian Government has always envisaged that the NGRS would be a framework for a phased response.

It would explore avenues for capacity building on ammonia abatement and ammonia inventories in the EECCA region.

The NGRS recognises that greenhouse friendly policies must be supported by institutional and structural reform particularly in the energy sector.

The present status, long term trends and dynamics, and the degree and geographical extent of the impact of air pollution, particularly, but not exclusively, its long range transboundary impact Exposure response relationships for agreed air pollutants Critical loads, levels and limits for agreed air pollutants The links between the effects of air pollution, biodiversity and the effects of climate change.

Legislative, by determining protective zones By air?

Aerial view

Attack from the air!

Air pollution caused by Industrial and transport activities, as well as gas pipelines leak and the natural gas (methane) released contributes to climate change.

Mr. J. Cofala (CIAM) explained how emission control technologies were integrated into RAINS and how costs were calculated.

A feed in tariff subsidizes the low carbon energy source rather than taxing the high carbon energy source. In our example, the government would pay a subsidy of 0.10 kilowatt hour to the solar power plant to make up the difference between the consumer price of 0.06 and the production cost of 0.16.

A feed in tariff subsidizes the low carbon energy source rather than taxing the high carbon energy source.

While the EU is successfully reducing greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing, energy and waste, emissions from transport have continued to grow steadily.

It also sought assistance in combating toxic discharges and mitigating the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, including the rehabilitation of the manufacturing base in the affected areas.

The workshop agreed, moreover, that dialogue with Parties was indispensable in identifying control options and their costs.

(a) Air Monitoring discharge post filtration, using probes inserted into the ventilation systems within the complex

Synergies between air pollution policies and policies to reduce climate gas emissions including the influence of climate change on emissions, transport and impacts of air pollutants

Shared information systems for effect oriented activities will enhance assessment capabilities and improve common access to information.

The picture was taken from the air.

Air pollution from ships

That's what they say. They located it from the air.

A New Path to a Low Carbon Economy

(92) Emissions related motor vehicle tax (2nd phase)

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The picture was taken from the air.

We need air support!

Almost all reporting Parties mentioned the need for capacity building in the use of sophisticated sectoral impact models and integrated models.