Recent and on-going Eionet & EEA activities Anke Lükewille Air Pollution, Transport and Noise Group (EEA) 16 th Joint TFEIP/EIONET meeting, Milano, May 2014

Objective To support and inform policy development and implementation in the areas of air pollution, transport and environment and noise by means of data, information/indicators and assessments. Specifically: – to collect, process, quality assure, store and disseminate historical and where possible up-to-date (i.e. near real time) data underpinning these policies; – to support countries with the reporting of data towards the European Commission, the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the EEA; – to adapt and further develop EEA information systems (e.g. Reportnet, databases, viewers) to accommodate anticipated changes in country reporting; – to make use of Copernicus atmosphere services to support the EEA data and information products on air quality, including near real time data; – to support countries and the European Commission with relevant analyses and compilations of the reported information and with direct policy support; – to track progress towards, and provide outlooks for, the achievement of targets as defined in relevant EU and international legislation, including the long-term objectives of minimising impact from air pollution and the decarbonisation of the transport sector; – to produce integrated and targeted assessments of air pollution, noise and transport and environment, the impacts on human health, climate change and the environment and the effectiveness and co-benefits of policies and measures in these areas as well as in related environmental areas; – to increase knowledge and understanding of air pollution and climate change inter-linkages, pursuing an integrated approach to promote efficiencies and improved implementation. Delivering the MAWP Air pollution, transport and noise Data compilation, quality assurance, dissemination, international reporting (LRTAP) (datasets, dataviewers, maps, ‘up to date’ information etc) Policy support, tracking progress to targets, indicators Thematic assessments, cross-cutting activities

Multiannual work programme Supporting the developing policy framework Strategic Areas 1.Informing policy implementation 2.Assessing systemic challenges 3.Knowledge co-creation, sharing and use 4.EEA management 3

Contents Publications and meetings Eionet priority data flows SOER 2015 Questionnaire for EIONET participants 4 EU urban population exposed to harmful levels of air pollution, according to: EU air quality standards WHO guidelines Source: EEA Air Quality Report 2014

5 Air Quality Adaptation? 2014

1.1 Air pollution, transport and noise (1) Processes Support to Air Quality Expert Group/Committee (AQ + emissions) Support to LRTAP Convention, TFEIP, annual emission inventory review etc. Implementation of air quality ‘e-reporting’ IT infrastructure, AQ IPR pilot meetings Preparing for Fuel Quality Directive reporting – 2015 onward EIONET meetings in April EIONET Transport (Copenhagen, Denmark) May EIONET/TFEIP Emissions (Milano, Italy) 5-6 October EIONET Air Quality (Ljubljana, Slovenia) October EIONET Noise (Utrecht, Netherlands) Expert workshops – AQ e-reporting etc.

1.1 Air pollution, transport and noise (2) 2014 Publications Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2014 – Q1 Annual NEC Directive status report 2013 – Q2 EU emission inventory report under the UNECE LRTAP Convention – Q2 Impacts of air pollution on Europe’s ecosystems– Q2 Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe – Q4 Air quality in Europe – 2014 report – Q4 Noise assessment report – 2014 – Q4 Annual Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism report (TERM) – Q4 CO 2 ­ emissions performance of car manufacturers in 2013 – Q4

1.1 Air pollution, transport and noise (2) 2015 Publications (plus SOER2015 publications) Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2014 – Q2 Annual NEC Directive status report 2013 – Q2 EU emission inventory report under the UNECE LRTAP Convention – Q2 Explaining road transport emissions – Q3 Annual Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism report (TERM) – Q4 Air quality in Europe – 2015 – Q4 Monitoring CO 2 emissions from passenger cars and vans in 2014 – Q4

EIONET priority data flows  Eionet priority data flow criteria are agreed, stable, well-defined objectives that provide a focus for countries reporting across thematic areas.  Dataflows typically are relied upon by EEA for indicators, assessment reports etc,  Two air pollutant emissions dataflows:  AE1 LRTAP data  AE2 NEC Directive data

LRTAP dataflow scoring criteria 08 May ow_summary?flow=AE1

EEA/NFP WG on „ Eionet - Priority - Data – Flows” … to support achieving the objectives of the EEA MAWP

Composition of the EPDF working group The following countries have confirmed their participation: Cross-EEA representation: ACC (2); NSV (2), IDM (1), PAN (1). Co-chairs: EEA (Martin Adams) and Belgium (Jan Voet). Austria Luxemburg Belgium The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Switzerland Sweden Germany Slovakia Finland Turkey Ireland United Kingdom

Terms of reference – EPDF WG outputs Deliver a joint EEA/Eionet proposal to the EEA Management Board (Nov 2015), including: Revised definition and selection criteria guidance for priority data flows; Proposed list for an updated set of priority data flows according to the developed criteria; Proposal for revised evaluation criteria for monitoring reporting of data flows; Proposals for longer term development of the priority data flow report to potentially cover a broader range of data flows (not just priorities).

17 February 2015 – first meeting of EPDF WG Examples of key discussion items: In the shift over 20 years from many voluntary data flows to most being covered under (EU) legislation, what does it mean for a data flow to be an Eionet ‘priority’ data flow? What do we mean by ‘data’? Just talking about numerical data or also the delivery of descriptive data? (e.g. CC adaptation reports) Thinking about why we still score reporting performance – does the original rationale for scoring still exist? How might we strengthen the ‘data quality’ component, i.e. assessing whether reported data is fit for purpose etc... Communication: Forum working space groups/eionet-priority-data-flows-wg

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SOER 2015 A suite of product(s): two reports, 87 online briefings Global Megatrends Briefings & Report Thematic Briefings Cross-Country Comparisons Country Briefings A set of 11 briefings, which address: Diverging global population trends Living in an urban world Disease burden and risk of new pandemics Accelerating technological change Continued economic growth? From a unipolar to a multipolar world Intensified global competition for resources Growing pressures on ecosystems Consequences of climate change Increasing pollution load Diversifying approach to governance A set of 25 thematic briefings, which address: Air pollution Biodiversity CC impacts & adapt... Mitigating Climate... Forests Freshwater Marine Noise Soil Waste Agriculture Consumption Energy Industry Maritime Tourism Transport Health Resource efficiency Air & climate system Land systems Hydrological systems Urban systems Natural capital Green economy A set of 9 briefings, which address: Air pollution (focus on selected pollutants) Biodiversity (focus on protected areas) Climate Change (focus on greenhouse gases) Freshwater (focus on nutrients in rivers) Waste (focus on municipal solid waste) Agriculture (focus on organic farming) Energy (focus on energy consumption and renewables) Transport (focus on passenger transport) Resource efficiency (focus on material resources) A set of 39 briefings which summarise reports on the state of the environment in: 33 EEA member countries 6 cooperating countries in the Western Balkans In addition, 3 briefings give an overview of main environmental challenges in selected regions that extend beyond Europe, identified in the 7th EAP: Arctic Black Sea The Mediterranean. Part 1 – Setting the scene Part 2 – Assessing trends Part 3 – Looking ahead Synthesis Report Online briefings Printed reports

SOER 2015 online e.g. Air Pollution fiche

SOER ‘Live’ download options

Air pollution and health – key messages 19

Air pollution & the environment – key messages 20

SOER 2015 country briefings

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Questionnaire for Eionet participants EEA now undertakes regular evaluations of all EIONET- related workshops. A main objective is to receive feedback to help strengthen the EEA – Eionet cooperation and improve the effectiveness of the meetings & network. After the workshop, we will mail you a link to the on-line questionnaire. Please complete promptly – thank you!