EUMETNET, 7th april 2005 contact : andrej.kobe@cec.eu.int

Thematic Strategy on air pollution and the revision of air quality directives -

anticipating future information needs

Andrej Kobe

EUMETNET, 7th april 2005 contact : andrej.kobe@cec.eu.int

Contents

• Role of EC / the CAFE programme

• Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution

• Revision of Air Quality legislation

• Information needs

• Place for real-time data exchange, forecasting

• INSPIRE and the Shared Information System (role of EEA)

• Conclusions

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Clean Air for Europe Provides technical basis required for the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution Key principles: transparency, stakeholder participation Launched 2001

Pillars: Science / Integrated Assessment Modelling / Cost Benefit Analysis

Thematic Strategy

Coherent, integrated policy, consistent with other actions Assesses progress in addressing Health & Environment Objectives (Art 7.1 of 6th Env Action Programme)

Achieving levels of AQ that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on and risks to human health and the environment

No exceedance of critical loads and levels for acidification and eutrophication

Planned to be adopted by the College (E Commissioners) in May 2005 http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/air/cafe/index.htm

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Baseline – PM2.5

2010 20202000

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Baseline (Rural) ozone

2010 20202000

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Loss of life expectancy

2010 20202000

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Impacts 2020

– reduced average statistical life expectancy of 5.5 months due to PM and some 20,000 premature deaths

– about 13% of the area of European forests where critical loads for acidification are exceeded

– 40% of ecosystems area subject to unsustainable deposition levels of nutrient nitrogen; and (4) about 13% of forests area exposed to ozone above the critical level

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Maximum Feasible Technical Reduction

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SO2 Nox VOC NH3 PM2.5

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T/S on Air Pollution● Even MTFR does not satisfy 6EAP goals

– Setting of interim objectives● Community measures

– Product standards (Euro V/VI, domestic heating)– Agriculture– International shipping– Revision of Air Quality legislation

● National/local measures– Switch to cleaner fuels– Urban Transport plans...

● Cost Benefit Analysis helps to determine level of ambition

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AQD Revision

• New environmental objective (PM2.5)

• Merging, streamlining, better regulation

• Information to the public (Aarhus)

• Monitoring & Reporting

• Present, future information needs?

• Towards a Shared Information System

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Public information● Warnings (exceedances of alert thresholds...)● Quality, up-to-date information on concentrations + supplementary info● Forecasting● Assessment throughout the territory: modelling!● Empowering citizens : information on implementation of legislation and

individual rights (limit values, right to participate in decision making...)● Information on measures : plans&programmes● Influencing personal behaviour● European aspect

– EU & Internal market : free movement of persons– Transboundary nature of air pollution

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Information needs(COM, EEA, MS)

● Commission (DG ENV)– Compliance checking (Guardian of the Treaty)– Community policy development

● EEA & MS– Assessment / State of Environment– Data repository at a Community Level (centralized or shared)– Forecasting (transboundary aspects)

● Shared competencies– Development, validation, standardisation of models– Identification of linkages (cross-media, cross-policies), non-linearities– Knowledge gaps (research)– Following progress (Inspire, GMES)

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Info required by AQD

● Measurement data + related metadata on stations, methods, QA/QC

● Assessment throughout the territory – GIS ‘maps’

● Information on plans and programmes● Development (follow-up through Comitology)

– From required provisional reporting (ozone) & accelerated meas. data dataflow to accessibility through SIS

– Use of GMES?

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Shared Information System

● INSPIRE – main architecture for spatial data – Held by MS public authorities

– Metadata, spatial data sets, services, networks

– Agreements on sharing and access, coordination

● No reporting of data that is available through SIS● Information available & used as soon as possible

– Importance of QA, labelling of provisional info● Start: Reportnet/CDR & EEA assistance

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Role of EEA● Center of excellence

– Provider of processed, policy relevant information– Key player for validation of data– Provider, developer of tools (data > information)

● Assessments– SoE Reports, Indicators– Follow effectiveness of policies, implementation

● Enhanced public access (with MS)

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Real-time exchange

• Encouraged by DG ENV, but not mandatory● When ozone real-time exchange substantially

covers EU, it can be a very effective replacement of currently requested provisional ozone reporting

● Required exchange between neighbours on elevated concentrations : facilitation through centralized exchange?

● By-product of INSPIRE?

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Forecasting

● An important public information component● In revised AQD proposed extension of

reference to forecasting to all pollutants● Anticipated that forecasting would benefit

from new requirements on sharing the assessment information (modelling)

● Need to define standard products?

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Conclusions

● Intensive negotiations in 2005– Data exchange Group, Comitology, Co-decision

● Exciting future prospects– Shared Information System, INSPIRE, GMES

● Results– Informed, empowered, healthier public and cleaner

environment– Improved policy development– More easy, more effective implementation of EU/national

legislation

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AQD GIS ‘maps’● 1st approximation already required

– Assessment throughout the territory– Classification of zones (based on monitoring, modelling)

● Strenghten provisions (should resolve areas of exceedances, monitoring data)

● Requirements: fit for purpose, not prescriptive● Benefits (beside compliance check)

– Links to IAM, exposure (non-threshold pollutants)– Promote harmonization (borderline), modelling– Enhanced public information