Item 4: Status of ratification of the Convention and its protocols 

Overview of ratification status for the Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone (Gothenburg Protocol), the Protocol on Heavy Metals and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants, as amended.

Note verbale from the Government of Canada

List of Canadian emission limit control measures for inclusion in the Gothenburg Protocol, amended in 2012

Corrections to Annex II of the 1999 Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone, and its 2012 amended version related to Canada

Item 5: Review of implementation of the 2018-2019 workplan

(a) Science

Improving emissions of condensable particulate matter in the context of the Convention

Draft unedited - Report of the fourth joint session of the Steering Body to the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe and the Working Group on Effects
ECE/EB.AIR/GE.1/2018/2-ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2018/2 (Advance version)

2018 Joint Progress Report on policy-relevant scientific findings
ECE/EB.AIR/GE.1/2018/3–ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2018/3

2018 Joint Progress Report on policy-relevant scientific findings
ECE/EB.AIR/GE.1/2018/3/Corr.1–ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2018/3/Corr.1

The current extent of surface water acidification in Europe and North America
ECE/EB.AIR/GE.1/2018/20–ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2018/13

Updated methods and procedures for the technical reviews of the air pollutant emission inventories reported under the Convention - comments by the European Union

Updated methods and procedures for the technical reviews of air pollutant emission inventories reported under the Convention - comments by USA and Canada

Tasks implemented by the Coordination Centre for Effects 
(UBA, Germany) in 2018-2019

Proposed exchange of letters between Chair of the Executive Body and the CEO of LifeWatch ERIC to initialize the cooperation between the Convention and LifeWatch ERIC 

The exchange of letters between EB Chair and CEO LifeWatch - signed

Working Group on Effects Brochure

(c) Compliance

Compliance with reporting obligations

IC Members Nominations

(e) Communication and outreach

Proposals for celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Convention in 2019

Note on communication and outreach activities by the secretariat

Text of the draft guidelines on the protection of the atmosphere

Call for comments on the International Law Commission’s draft guidelines on the protection of the atmosphere

Implementation of the Batumi Action for Cleaner Air: Fostering progress towards improved air quality

Item 6: Revised long-term strategy for the Convention

Suggested changes to the draft revised long-term strategy for the Convention

Proposals for further action in response to the draft Long-Term Strategy and the Saltsjobaden VI recommendations - Policy Review Group Considerations

Draft revised long-term strategy for the Convention – comments by Canada, the European Union, Norway, the Russian Federation and the United States

Item 7: Revised mandates of task forces and centres under the Convention

Revised mandates for the centres under the Steering Body to the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP) - comments by the United States

Revised mandates for the task forces and centres under the Working Group on Effects - comments by the United States

Revised mandates for the task forces under the Working Group on Strategies and Review and under the Steering Body to EMEP - comments by the United States  

Draft revised mandates for TFRN and TFTEI with comments from US, EU and the WGSR Chair

Agenda item (8) Information-sharing on activities relevant to the Convention

(b) Event on clean air globally

Global event on clean air - draft programme on 12-13 December 2018

Batumi Action for Cleaner Air (2016-2021): relevant actions for countries from outside the UNECE region

XX Meeting of the Forum of the Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean: Decision 9. Towards the full implementation of the Regional Plan of Action on Atmospheric Pollution

XIX Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment for Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Plan of Action on Atmospheric Pollution

Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Item 9: Financial requirements for implementation of the Convention

In-depth review of the EMEP budget, covered by the mandatory contributions and annotated EMEP budget proposal for 2019 (informal document No. 3)

Item 10: Election of officers

Executive Body Officers

Item 11: Other business

Overview of the Global Methane Challenge

Agenda item (4) Status of ratification of the Convention and its protocols

Progress in ratification and acceptance of amendments

Agenda item (5) Review of implementation of the 2018-2019 workplan

(a) Science

Working Group on Effects: Implementation of the workplan & Results from the 4th EMEP/WGE Joint Session

(b) Policy

Outcomes of the 56th session of the Working Group on Strategies and Review (22-25 May 2018)

Towards an Expert Panel on Clean Air in Cities

Clean Air for a Sustainable Future - Goals and Challenges

(c) Compliance

Twenty-First Report of the Implementation Committee

(d) Capacity-building awareness-raising to promote ratification and implementation in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Capacity-building and awareness-raising activities in 2018

(e) Communication and Outreach

Communication and out reach

Agenda item (6) Revised long-term strategy for the Convention

UNECE's Air Convention Policy Review Group to the 2016 Scientific Assessment Report

Agenda item (8) Information-sharing on activities relevant to the Convention

(a) Activities of international organizations relevant to the Convention

WHO's activities - 2018 update, Sophie Gumy

CCAC Annual Report 2018 -  Initiative Achievements and Outlooks, Valentin Foltescu

Global Monitoring Plan and Effectiveness Evaluation under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Ana-Maria Witt

Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, Eisaku Toda

Multilateral Cooperation on Air Pollution in North-East Asia, Sangmin Nam

Air Quality Co-benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, Bert Saveyn and Rita van Dingenen

WMO/GAW activities of relevance to LRTAP Convention
(update 2018), Oksana Tarasova

International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA), Young Sunwoo

AMAP Activities, Martin Forsius

(b) Event on clean air globally

Science proposal - EMEP, Laurence Rouil

Science proposal - WGE, Isaura Rabago

Policy Proposal, Jennifer Kerr

Batumi Action for Cleaner Air (BACA 2016-2021), Richard Ballaman

Global Event on Clean Air - Highlights & Conclusions, Kimber Scavo