The meeting was hosted by the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. It was held in the Hodshon House, the headquarters of the Royal Society for Science and Arts.
Experts from the Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the European Community participated in the meeting. Representatives from the Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling (CIAM), the Chemical Coordinating Centre (CCC), the Meteorological Synthesizing Centre West of EMEP (MSC-W), the Coordination Center for Effects (CCE), the World Health Organization (WHO), European Topic Centre for Air and Climate Change (ETC-ACC), as well as from the Oil Companies' European Organization for Environment, Health and Safety (CONCAWE), the Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), were also present. Mr. Rob MAAS (Netherlands) chaired the meeting.
Agenda
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I. Introduction
1. News from the secretariat on new developments under the Convention.
II Linkages between regional and global emission control
2. Adoption of the report of the Workshop held 27-29 January 2002 at IIASA
For the final draft of the summary report and conclusions: click here! (For further details: click here!)
III Emissions and baseline scenarios
3. Implication of higher emission factors for trucks
4. Baseline scenario development
IV Progress in integrated assessment Modelling
5. Atmospheric modelling at the Meteorological Synthesizing Centre West of EMEP (MSC-W)
Further presentations on this topic can be found at: the site on the fourth meeting of the Task Force on Measurements and Modelling
6. Modelling urban air pollution
7. Progress at Imperial College
8. Progress of the MERLIN-project
Presentation by Stefan Reis, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
9. Techno-Economic Issues
Discussion on new, emerging technologies
10. Plans for Cost-benefit analysis
Presentation by Matti Vainio, European Commission, DG Environment
11. The review of the RAINS model
Presentation by Matti Vainio, European Commission, DG Environment
V Progress on effects modelling
12. WHO findings on systematic review of health aspects of air pollution in Europe
Presentation by Jürgen Schneider, WHO European Centre for Environment and Health in Bonn (Germany)
13. Progress in the work on mapping and modelling of critical loads and levels
Presentation by Jean-Paul Hettelingh of the Coordination Center for Effects
VI Other Integrated assessment Activities
14. National Integrated Assessment Activities
Presentation by Peringe Grennfelt (Sweden) on integrated assessment modelling work under the International and National Abatement Strategies for Transboundary Air Pollution (ASTA) project
(see also: http://asta.ivl.se)
VII Further work
Update of the workplan of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling
VIII Other business
IX Chairman’s report
For the report of the twenty-seventh meeting of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling, Oslo, 13-15 May 2002, see: click here