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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 take action together — across sectors and …

Environmental Policy

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

Public participation

… The  Aarhus Convention  and its  Protocol on PRTRs  empower people … to access information, participate in decision-making in environmental matters and to seek justice. They are the only … world: from climate change and the loss of biodiversity, air and water pollution to poverty eradication and security. …

THE PEP

… Travel and transport are essential parts of modern life. We depend on transport … activity. But transport also has harmful effects on the environment and on our health – through congestion, accidents, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. More than ever, we …

World Environment Day celebrations highlight nitrogen pollution, including work under the UNECE Air Convention

… Ever heard of nitrogen pollution as one of the major problems of … food production and multiple threats to our health and the environment. The use of fertilizers and manure for … environment, through run-off and leaching or emissions to air. The dire consequences: Air, soil and water pollution

On World Environment Day, UNECE highlights 40 years of cooperation to beat air pollution

Air pollution is by far the world’s largest single environmental …

Declining air pollution emissions indicate EU progress under UNECE Air Convention, but increased action needed across the region

… Between 2017 and 2018, emissions of key air pollutants that are harmful to human health and the environment have gone down in the European Union, according …

Long-term monitoring under the Air Convention pays off, giving unique insights into environmental effects of air pollution

… Research on and monitoring of the effects of air pollution on different environmental media and health has been carried out for more than four …

Air pollution still endangering UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe, warn UNECE Air Convention experts

Air pollutants are not only harming human health and the … and soiling of cultural heritage sites as a result of air pollution can lead to severe economic losses as a result of …

Updated Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols U pd at ed H an db oo k … Adopted 35 years ago, it is the oldest of the UNECE environmental conventions as well as the first international … (h) The need to monitor chemical components in other media such as water, soil and vegetation, as well as a …

UNECE showcases experiences of tackling air pollution at Clean Air Week in Bangkok

Air pollution is by far the world’s largest single environmental …

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

… An article in the last issue of Science magazine by Dr Stefan … 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 …

International Cooperation on Air Pollution

… While air pollution is often perceived as a local or regional … pollution emitted in one country can affect people and the environment of another country; 2) there are similar air pollution problems in different countries …

UNECE shares lessons learnt in reducing air pollution through its Air Convention at World Clean Air Congress

… From bad air quality in Paris, smog in New Delhi, air pollution alerts in Seoul – the air pollution problem, is …

UNECE Air Convention experts to model wildfire impacts on air pollution

… As the climate warms, wildfires are becoming more frequent. Parts of … on global and regional atmospheric chemistry, climate, and air quality and health. Emissions of air pollutants and … Convention ’s Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution . Expected to be launched later this year, the 3-5 …

Webinar Clean Air For All – Lessons learnt from the UNECE Air Convention

… Webinar You are invited to take a breath of clean air! The secretariat to the UNECE Convention on Long-range … Susanne Lindahl, Policy Officer, European Commission - DG Environment, Clean air Unit; -     Mr. Richard Ballaman , …

Forum for International Cooperation on Air Pollution, which affects over 99% of the world’s population, kicks off under the UNECE Air Convention 

… whole world's population was exposed to unsafe levels of air pollution in 2019, with only a mere 0.001 percent breathing air that contains fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at concentrations lower than what … just last year that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, including air, land and water, is a human …

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

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

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

… The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the … announced on 17 October that it has classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans. After thoroughly … Commenting on these findings, Professor Martin Williams, Environmental Research Group at King's College London, Chair

Postcard Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

… Promotional postcard on the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution … Postcard Convention on Long-range Transboundary …