Transcript TFHTAP - Current Plans and Work Programme

TF HTAP
Current Plans and Work programme
TFIEP - Stockholm, Sweden
2-3 May 2010
André Zuber
European Commission
http://www.htap.org
Terry Keating
U.S. EPA
The Task Force is tasked to “plan and conduct the
technical work necessary to:
– develop a fuller understanding of the hemispheric
transport of air pollution ...
– estimate the hemispheric transport of specific air
pollutants for the use in reviews of protocols to the
Convention
– prepare technical reviews thereon for submission to the
Steering Body of EMEP”
The chairs are encouraged to invite individuals with
expertise relevant to the work of the Task Force and
experts from non-Convention countries in the
northern hemisphere.
Achievements up to 2010
1.
HTAP 2007 Assessment Report – UNECE Air Pollution Series 16
2.
HTAP 2010 Assessment Report - UNECE Air Pollution Series 17-20
(Part A: Ozone and PM, Part B: Mercury, Part C: POPs, Part D: Synthesis and
Policy Makers Summary)
3.
A compilation of emission inventory databases on the global scale
(EDGAR-HTAP)
4.
A compilation of global observations (ground-based (EBAS-HTAP),
satellite (GIOVANNI) and air-borne (ADAM))
5.
An emerging framework for model evaluation on the regional and global
scales
6.
Integration of climate change aspects in the science assessment, in
particular on Short-Lived Climate-Forcers and Black Carbon
7.
Outreach to other regions (EANET, Male, ASEAN Haze Agreement …)
8.
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TF HTAP new mandate EB 2010
The Task Force […] will examine the transport of air pollution across the
northern hemisphere and its regional impacts, considering both air
quality impacts and those on climate.
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(b) Identify areas for coordination, as well as key issues for fostering
complementary work and collaboration on the issue of particulate
matter and its components, including black carbon and tropospheric
ozone and its precursors by Parties under the Convention and by
external bodies (including the Arctic Council/Arctic Monitoring and
Assessment Programme (AMAP), the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC));
(c) Cooperate closely with appropriate technical bodies under the
Convention (e.g., the Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues and
the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling) to estimate the
extent to which these emissions and their impacts can be reduced,
and regional climate co-benefits can be increased, by implementation
of existing legislation and by implementation of specific control
measures;
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(d) Assess the impacts of emission-reduction opportunities in the UNECE
region, as identified above, on regional and intercontinental transport
of air pollution and their associated air quality, health, ecosystem and
near-term climate effects; and begin to examine the impacts of
complementary measures that might be taken in other regions where
mitigation may prove more cost-effective;
(e) Identify the scientific and technical requirements (such as methods for
emissions quantification, ambient monitoring and estimating global
warming potential), as well as non-technical measures, needed for
implementing options to reduce black carbon and ozone and their
impacts in the region over time. This work should be done in
collaboration with experts from subsidiary bodies under the
Convention, including the Task Force on Integrated Assessment
Modelling, the Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections
and the Task Force on Measurement and Modelling, as well as the
programmes and centres of the Working Group on Effects;
(f) Develop a multi-year plan for carrying out further analyses on the tasks
referred to in paragraphs (a) through (e)
TF HTAP Annual Meeting 2011 Arona, Italy
Objectives:
To take stock of science advances on intercontinental
transport of air pollution and short-lived climate-forcers.
To formulate policy-relevant science-questions that helps
definition of tasks in a work plan.
To identify policy scenarios and policy options that may
reduce intercontinental transport of air pollution.
To develop a multi-annual work plan that identifies
cooperation with other CLRTAP groups and
international/regional organisations (outreach).
Opportunities for cooperation TF HTAP and TF EIP
2011 - 2014
-”Harmonisation” of emission inventory
methodologies between regions, with a tiered
approach.
-Joint work on the EMEP and EDGAR
methodologies.
-Further harmonisation with EMEP, UNFCCC
methodologies for inventories.
-Development jointly of methodologies for inventories
for Short-Lived Climate-Forcers in particular Black
Carbon and specific PM components. (Also likely
to be needed for the Revised GP.)
- Use of models and observations to assess emission
inventories (inverse modelling)