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Air

…       Air pollution impacts our health, environment and economy. Air pollutants come from multiple sources. It is therefore paramount that we …

Environmental Policy

… The environmental challenges in our region are many and interlinked. Air pollution caused more than 300,000 deaths in 2021, and …

Welcome

… The Eighth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference took place in Batumi, Georgia, from 8 to 10 June 2016. The Conference addressed two themes: … the economy in the pan-European region"; and "Improving air quality for a better environment and human health". In …

UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution aims to reduce Black Carbon emissions

… under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution was held in Brussels, Belgium on 17-18 June 2010. Representatives, observers and researchers from Europe, North and South America and Asia convened to … carbon poses significant risks to human health and the environment.  It is an important component of particulate …

Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine commit to further cooperation on air pollution abatement

… Geneva On 16-17 November 2010, representatives from Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Ukraine … for Europe’s Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). The meeting also served as an … The meeting resulted in representatives from the environmental ministries of the four participating countries …

BACA

… Batumi Action for Cleaner Air (BACA) At the 8th Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference (Batumi, … endorsed the voluntary Batumi Action for Cleaner Air ( En / Fr / Ru )–– an initiative supporting countries’ efforts in …

Experiences in implementing the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)

… experiences in implementing the Protocol on PRTRs questionnaire ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.2 , below). The Bureau … Release and Transfer Registers (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/4) En Fr Ru . Background material for information  Responses to … Proposal for a Harmonised List of Pollutants (OECD ENV/JM/MONO(2014)32, available form …

The Bureau of the Executive Body

… current members to the Bureau are:   EB Bureau Members   Chair Ms.Kimber SCAVO Foreign Affairs Officer U.S. Department … of State (DOS) Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) Office of … Parc Technologique Alata BP2 F 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte France Phone: +33 3 44 55 61 13 @mail: …

Article in Science magazine stresses relevance of UNECE Convention in integrating science and policy to address Air Pollution

… the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK) and colleagues from six countries examines how science and policy address air pollution effects on human health and ecosystems, and … cost-effective air pollution policies that address serious environmental issues. Their priority list includes the need …

The Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan launch joint project to combat air pollution

… for Europe (UNECE)’s Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). The project was launched during the … Working Group on Strategies and Review. Representatives from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of …

Albania renews commitment to join the Air Convention’s Protocols on POPs, Heavy Metals and Gothenburg

… secretariat of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), in cooperation with Albania’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration, held a … LRTAP Convention. The meeting introduced representatives from Albania’s key Ministries to the important role the …

UNECE shares 40 years of experience under its Air Convention at 1st WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health

Air pollution is a silent killer, leading to an estimated 7 … in the European region. This makes it by far the biggest environmental health risk in the world. Air pollution is … covers 51 Parties in the Northern Hemisphere, stretching from Canada and the US to Europe and as far East as …

UNECE convention offers policy response to tackle newly-declared-carcinogenic air pollution

… announced on 17 October that it has classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans. After thoroughly … The most recent data indicate that in 2010, 223 000 deaths from lung cancer worldwide resulted from air pollution. … Commenting on these findings, Professor Martin Williams, Environmental Research Group at King's College London, Chair

Parties adopt new air pollution and climate change related areas of work for the Air Convention

… of the Executive Body (EB) of the Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention (LRTAP) took place in Geneva on … Transboundary Air Pollution addresses some of the major environmental problems of the UNECE region through …

Incentives to reduce climate change should not increase air pollution

… During the last week of September prominent figures from government, finance, business, and civil society came … actions may bring co-benefits for the reduction of air pollution both locally and globally. However, this is … Air Pollution, a joint body of the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health and the UNECE Air Convention, …

‎40 years of cooperation and counting with UNECE Air Convention: Ministers and high-‎level representatives renew commitment to tackle air pollution

… States signed the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution in 1979, it was not evident that it would develop into a successful regional framework for controlling and reducing the damage to human health and the environment caused by transboundary air pollution. Yet, the …

New initiative will reduce air pollution from agriculture

… Ammonia emissions into the air is a major threat to human health, causing … action to reduce emissions. Ammonia or NH3 mainly comes from manure produced by livestock and from mineral nitrogen … of reducing ammonia and nitrogen for human health and the environment. “Air Pollution is the number one health problem …

Seventh Meeting of the Electronic Information Tools Task Force

… The Forum examined four models for developing national nodes of the Aarhus Clearinghouse Mechanism. It also called for strengthening cooperation with the Aarhus Public Environmental Information Centers being developed through …

Aarhus Conference

… Fourth Ministerial Conference "Environment For Europe" 23 - 25 June 1998   Aarhus, Denmark … "Environment for Europe" took place in Aarhus (Denmark) from 23 to 25 June 1998. Fifty-two ECE member States were … new Protocols to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, on Heavy Metals and on Persistent Organic …

The Eighth session of the Group of Experts on Gas

… recovery Gas and the Sustainable Development Goals: air quality Best practices in methane management … Interprefy and will offer simultaneous translation (ENG/RUS/FR). Registration is mandatory for all participants. …