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Background EEA

•A European Union institution•Established by EU Regulation•Staff: about 80•Budget: ca. 20 Meuro•Seat: Copenhagen

EEA home page: www.eea.eu.int

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The EEA mission

“Through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy making agents and the public, the EEA aims to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe’s environment”

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..serve the countries and the Commission…

Countries Commission

Information from EEA

Policy development

Implementation, compliance

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EEA member and partner countriesEU Member States+ Norway Iceland Liechtenstein

+East Europe, Malta, Cyprus(members in 2001)

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Main EEA reports

• 1999 : Environment in the EU at the turn of the century (State and Outlook/Scenarios)

• 2000 : Environmental signals, indicator based• 2000/2001: Transport and environment

report • 2001 : next Environmental Signals• 2002 : Europe's Environment : third

Assessment (Kiev report)• 2004 : next State and Outlook report

EIONETEuropean Environmental Information and Observation

Network •National Focal Points•National Reference Centres•European Topic Centres (Air and climate

change; Water; Waste; Nature and Biodiversity; Terrestrial Environment)

•Other institutes

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The European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC)

•Established March 2001 for three years•A truly European consortium•Lead organization: RIVM, the Netherlands

(co-lead UBA Germany)•Around 8 manyear/year

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ETC Air and Climate Change consortiumInstitute of public health and environment (RIVM) Netherlands (Lead)

Umweltbundesamt (UBA Berlin) Germany

Umweltbundesamt (UBA Vienna) Austria

Norwegian Air Research Centre (NILU) Norway

EMEP Centres (CIAM/IIASA and MSCW/DNMI) Austria/Norway(Int)Technical University Athens (NTUA) GreeceAristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUT)TNO-MEP Netherlands

AEA Technology United Kingdom

Oeko-institute Germany

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) Slovakia

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI) Czech Republic

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Main objectives for ETC Air and Climate Change

1. To contribute to EEA main reports through assessments on climate change and air pollution (past trends, current state and outlooks);

2. To implement data collection and information systems to deliver indicators for EEA reports and policy support (EUROAIRNET, AIRBASE, CORINAIR) and to work with countries, Commission and international organisations to further streamline information gathering and reporting procedures;

3. To provide support to the EU policy and legislative frameworks CAFE (and AQ Framework Dir) and ECCP (and GHG monitoring Mechanism) and international conventions (CLRTAP and UNFCCC/IPCC);

4. To support countries in their reporting to the Commission and international organisations, and for inclusion in the ETC databases, by providing guidance/guidebooks, tools and by organising workshops.

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Main policy support activitiesEU Legislation ThemeEU European Climate Change Programme CCEU GHG Monitoring Mechanism CCCAFE programme AQ,TAPAQ Framework Directive AQDaughter Directives, Ozone Directive AQNational Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive AQ, TAPAQ Exchange of Information Decision AQLarge Combustion Plant (LCP) Directive and Solvents Dir. AQDirective on ozone deleting substances and revisions Strat. O3

IPPC Directive and EPER Decision All

International conventions  UNFCCC CCUNECE CLRTAP TAP

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ETC/ACC Work Programme 1. Contribute to State-of-Environment reporting,

assessments and environmental outlooks and explore cross-benefits between climate change and air pollution policies

2. Develop indicators for sectoral/environmental reporting, support data reporting and access and help remove duplication

3. Support policy making in EU and conventions 4. Interact with EIONET, organise workshops

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Products and services in 2001 Delivery date

Work package 1. Assessment and EEA reporting

 

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 first EER and next TERM September/December

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Products and services in 2001 Delivery date

Work package 2. Indicators, data flow, databases

 

1. Core indicator set air pollution/climate change. 2. Feasibility study 2002 report on climate change indicators in Europe

JuneSeptember

Regular EIONET priority data flow progress reports; streamlining of reporting

NFP/EIONET meetings

Updates of databases CORINAIR, AIRBASE, MDS and updated EMEP/CORINAIR Guidebook

AE: May, SeptAQ: December

Updates of AQ-DEM and AE-DEM (IDA programme)

June, Dec

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Products and services in 2001 Delivery date

Work package 3a. Add. support to EU/intern. policy frameworks: Climate change

 

Support to EU Monitoring Mechanism (including Kyoto requirements) and the ECCP programme

Ongoing

Topic report ‘EU and MS greenhouse gas emission trends 1990-1999’

June

Topic report ‘Analysis and comparison of national and EU projections of greenhouse emissions’

September

EU UNFCC Greenhouse Gas Inventory (also input to the EU Third UNFCCC Communication

May

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Products and services in 2001 Delivery date

Work package 3b. Add. support to EU/intern. policy frameworks: Air pollution

 

Support to the CAFE and related EU legislation Ongoing

Topic report ‘Air Quality in Europe’ July

Topic report ‘Air Emissions trends in Europe’ July

EU CLRTAP/NECD annual emission inventory June

Report on ozone in EU summer 2001 October

Support to EU Pollutant Emission Register(IPPC)

Ongoing

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ETC/ACC products related to emissions • Improve data flow between countries, the European

Commission, Eurostat, the Conventions and EEA. Annual joint TFEIP/EIONET workshop (May 2001, Geneva, Switzerland).

• Provide software tools to Member States to fulfil international reporting requirements (CollectER/ReportER/COPERT) http://www.spirit.sk/products/corinair/e_corinair.html enhttp://vergina.eng.auth.gr/mech/lat/copert/copert.htm

• Publish the joint EMEP/CORINAIR Atmospheric Emission Inventory Guidebook http://reports.eea.eu.int/EMEPCORINAIR/

• Prepare the annual EU greenhouse gas inventory and the EC CLRTAP inventory http://themes.eea.eu.int/issues/climate and make emission data available http://service.eea.eu.int/

• From 2003 onwards assist in the collection and dissemination of the European Pollutant Emissions Register (EPER)

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Contributions to CAFE

•Support data flow and data access•Produce air state and outlook reports and

develop indicators•Review sectoral emission projections•Explore air-CC cross-benefits•Link urban air quality to wider

assessment framework•Contribute to health impact studies

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Emissions of acidifying gases

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Spillover effects of climate change policies; acidification and tropospheric ozone policies and primary PM10 measures in the accelerated policy scenario. Source: RIVM (2000)

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O3: Average number of exceedance days in urban areas (8h >110 ug/m3)

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Integrated Assessment

energy transport industry agriculture tourism

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Essential conditions for success

•Cooperation with other international organizations

•Close interaction with stakeholders•Well connected to sectors•Involving accession countries