Ensuring consistency between different national policies in preparation of the national programme: the Slovene experience Matej Gasperič, EARS Brussels,

Agricultural policy Energy policy Transport policy Environmental policy Climate Change policy Air quality policy Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Ministry of Transport Ministry of Phisical Planning, Environment and Energy Public finance Ministry of Finance Other policies NECD Policies of neighboring countries

u u Setting priorities F F Kyoto protocol and Climate change policy are very important issues for the public ( numbers of NGOs are involved in discussions and round tables) and therefore the politicians are putting this issue at the top of the priorities. F F “Other policies have to be consistent and in line with Climate Change policy” u u Policies priorities are in many cases contradictive F F Transport policy: “Transport contributes to increase of GDP and good infrastructure is key point for development of the economy” F F Environmental policy: “ We need to reduce volume of road transport and transport emissions, transport sector is the biggest contributor to the air pollution” Or F F Environmental policy, Climate change: “Diesel helps to reduce GHG emissions” F F Environmental policy, Air Quality:”Diesel is bad for Air Quality” u u Clear responsibilities for the policy implementation within the country u u Agreement with major stakeholders is needed to implement measures for emissions reduction F F Almost all LCPs in Slovenia are state owned F F LCP welcome measures for reducing “air quality” emissions (a lot of measures especially for reducing SO2 have been implemented )

National allocation plan for the period Revision of National Emission Inventories 1986, (GHG, SO2, NOx,VOC, NH3, PM) National programe for reducing SO2, NOx, VOC, NH3 and PM National energy program Operational Plan for reducing GHG emissions ? ?

Improvement of national inventories: n Completeness (more and more sectors are covered especially for VOC emissions) n Quality of data is improving (less default emission factors and more measurements) n In some cases historical data are not available Outcomes are: Outcomes are: n We know more and more about air emissions n Emission inventories are more complete and accurate. n Emissions are usually higher that we have thought (more we dig in, higher emissions we get) NEC limit value for NOx, SOx, VOC and NH3 for 2010 stays ? Should we improve national emission inventories ? update 2000 NECD limit value

Inventories review: n n Checking NEC inventories and comparing with GHG inventories ( are the same activity data used as for GHG emissions) n n QA/QC of the NEC inventories ? n n Under CLRTAP convention there is no detailed In-country review of the inventories !

Climate Change policy & Air Quality policy n Ensuring consistency between climate change policy and air quality policy can be very demanding. n How many energy and emission scenarios do we have and do we use ? n Is the same scenario used for Air Quality and Climate Change assessment ? n Should these two processes run in paralel (there can be only one type of scenario for both assessments)

NECD limit values can be exceded due to CO2 emission trading

Theoretically all LCPs can operate 8760 hours/year at full power (with allowed NOx or SOx concentration values). The Ministry of the Environment will be avare of (the possible) exceedence when it will be too late (by the end od next year when NEC inventories are available. It is obvious that additional “legislation” is needed in Slovenia to prevent possible exceeding of NEC limit values due to CO2 emission trading. (SOx, NOx emission allowances ?)

Note: Calculation is based on 0,98 oksidation factor for solid fuels Emission of CO2 from scrubbing is inclouded in “Aquirement and Disribution of fuels” Operational plan for reducing GHG emissions