European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Update of EEA and EIONET-related activities Martin Adams Air and Climate Change Programme European Environment Agency

11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Content a.ETC renewal process b. EEA’s State of the Environment Report 2010 c.EEA products & reports d.Requests to EIONET experts planned in 2010 EEA European Environmen t Agency NFP Eionet National Focal Points ETC NRCETC NRC

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca EEA organisational structure

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca EIONET NRC change EEA European Environmen t Agency NFP Eionet National Focal Points ETC NRCETC NRC In 2009, EIONET NFPs reviewed the different EIONET NRC groups and decided to merge the former NRC group on ‘air emissions’ with the GHG emission part of the former NRC climate change New name: NRC air pollution and climate change mitigation

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca A. ETC/ACC renewal process The present ETC/ACC consortium’s framework partnership agreement with EEA ends in 2010 (together with ETC/Water and ETC/LUSI) During 2009, operations of all ETCs were reviewed & EEA’s future support needs defined (to cover up until the end of present EEA strategy period – )

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca ETC/ACC renewal process Following the 2009 review, it was decided to split the current ETC into two from 2010 onwards: –Air pollution and climate mitigation –Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaption Open call for proposals/ tenders ran from Jan-April 2010 Recommendations of the evaluation committee to the Executive Director and EEA’s Management Board will occur May/June Work of new ETCs starts 1 Jan 2011.

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca B. SOER 2010 report Under EEA’s establishing Regulation, every 5 years a report must be produced that describes the State and Outlook of Europe’s Environment (SOER report) 2010

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca SOER Core – Parts A, B and C A Exploratory assessment Megatrends Uncertainties Cross-sectoral Policy implications 2010 onwards C Diversity Four questions Commonality Four issues, including air and climate change Guiding questions/ template Flexibility B Thematic assessment Atmosphere (incl air, GHG emissions & policies) Freshwater Marine Terrestrial Human including outlooks Primary target: 6th EAP/7th EAP/SDS Web publication. Launched Nov 2010 EEA-led Country-ledEEA-led

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Printed SOER synthesis report Links to Part A, B and C Integrated assessment-type approach over several component elements Target audience: interested public, policy makers Style: non-technical, accessible Length: >150 pages(?) Publication: 23 EEA languages Final online consultation/review by EIONET recently completed

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Country/EIONET involvement – Part C Part C – draft country contributions received (thank you!) Reviewed by both EEA and ETC/ACC and informal feedback earlier provided back to countries Some generic issues were noted including: –consistency of data with part B (eg use of 2010 or 2009 submissions), –consistency of messages (eg attaining 2010 emission ceilings, or not), –style and lengths of contributions Still further opportunities for countries to update data if wished

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Country/EIONET involvement – Part B Part B – Air pollution thematic assessment Initial consultation on zero-order draft – November 2009 Second consultation period is presently underway – 17 May – comments on this updated draft from national experts are welcomed – invitations to review the Part B assessment were sent to EIONET NFPs –draft text is online at the SOER2010 website – EIONET login needed to access

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca C. Publications & data 2009/2010 Data Indicators Reports Websites…

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Eionet dataflows (2010): CLRTAP, preliminary Complete time series available for all requested pollutants on time. Data available on time (by 15 February 2010). Data delivered with delay (after 15 February 2009). Countries that did not deliver data Assessment as at Feb 2010

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Eionet dataflows ( ): NECD, preliminary NEC data delivered on time (by 31 Dec 09) and in correct format NEC data delivered on time (by 31 Dec 09). NEC data delivered after 31 Dec. 2 countries did not deliver data: LU, ES Data flow not applicable Assessment as at Feb 2010

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Air pollutant emission indicators

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Air emission indicators – EEA32 Emissions of acidifying substances CSI-001 Emissions of ozone precursors CSI-002 Emissions of particulate matter CSI-003 ETC/ACC is performing a review of the factors used to weight and aggregate emissions – working paper in 2010 More detailed underpinning indicators available – NO x, SO 2, NMVOCs, NH 3 (existing) – HMs (Cd, Hg, Pb), POPs (PAHs) (new in Nov 2009) – Projections/outlooks indicator (new 2010)

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Emissions datasets & dataviewers

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Emissions datasets & dataviewers NEC Directive data updated (emissions & projections) LRTAP Convention (EEA32 country data and consistent with EU inventory submission to UNECE). Compiled ‘gap-filled’ dataset used for EEA indicators & assessments EEA-32 Large Combustion Plant Directive reporting EU-27 (emissions & activity data, and opt-out plants). Data for planned shortly EU-27 GHG inventory + other EEA32 countries Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) dataviewer

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca E-PRTR website launched November 2009 E-PRTR dataset – 1st reporting year 2007 data data + redelivered 2007 online mid June. EU-27, CH, NO, IS, LI

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Prospects of achieving the 2010 NECD ceilings: reported ‘WM’ projections by MS Member StateNO X NMVOCSO 2 NH 3 AustriaXx√√ BelgiumX√√√ Bulgaria√√√√ Cyprus√√√√ Czech Republic√√√√ Denmark√√√√ Estonia√√√√ Finland√√√√ FranceX√√√ Germanyx√√X Greece√√√√ Hungary√√√√ IrelandX√√√ Italy√√√√ Latvia√√√√ Member StateNO x NMVOCSO 2 NH 3 Lithuania√√√√ LuxembourgX√√√ MaltaX√X√ Netherlands√√√x Poland√√√√ Portugal√x√√ Romania√√√√ Slovakia√√√√ Sloveniax√√√ SpainXX√x Swedenx√√√ United Kingdomx√√√ √ ×11313

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Published EEA reports NEC Directive status report 2008 Annual European Community LRTAP Convention emission inventory report Comparison of centralised estimates and national submissions of transport emissions (ETC/ACC technical paper ETC website) Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2009 Assessment of ground-level ozone in EEA member countries, with a focus on long-term trends Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2009 Towards a resource efficient transport system. TERM 2009: indicators tracking transport and environment in the EU Annual Management Plan 2010 EEA Signals Biodiversity, climate change and you

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca 2010 reports & software tools Annual EU LRTAP Convention emission inventory report (EIONET consultation just finished – thanks to those countries that reviewed and commented – publication mid July. NEC Directive status report 2009 (Aug) Updated chapters of EMEP/EEA Guidebook (following TFEIP) Assessment of air quality impacts following full implementation of selected European policy measures for air pollutant emissions (June) Annual EU GHG inventory and inventory report 2010 (end May) GHG emission trends and projections in Europe 2010 COPERT4 update. COPERT website. CollectER inventory database system – export to UNECE formats, CRF XML etc. ETC/ACC website – CollectER usergroup notified

European Environment Agency 11 th Joint EIONET/TFEIP meeting, May 2010, Larnaca Planned requests for EIONET air emissions 2010 EC LRTAP Convention emission inventory report (completed) SOER report Part B Air pollution thematic assessment – second web consultation (ongoing to 17 May 2010) NEC Directive status report 2009 (12 Jun – 12 Jul 2010) Interlinkages between CCS and air pollution – analysis of potential AQ impacts following CCS implementation in Europe 2050 (Sept - tentative) Air pollutant emission indicators (Sept) 11 th joint TFEIP/EIONET meeting (May) 2 nd UNECE expert group meeting on black carbon – UNECE expert group. 7-8 Sept (tentative). Copenhagen.

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