1. European State of the Environment Report
Austrian Experience
Source: EEA 2010

2. EEA State of the Environment Report
Every 5 years (2010: 4th report)
Common questions to all EEA countries (part C)
Addresses policy makers in Europe (and beyond), responsible for environmental issues

3. Content of SOER 2010
Source: EEA 2010,

4. Cross-Country Comparisons
SOER 2015 A suite of product(s): a report, and 87 short briefings
Synthesis Report
Global Megatrends
European
Briefings
Cross-Country Comparisons
Country
Briefings
Part 1 – Setting the scene
Part 2 – Assessing trends
Part 3 – Looking ahead
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 mulitpolar world
Intensified global resource competition
Growing demands on ecosytems
Consequences of climate change
Increasing pollution load
Diversifying trends in governance
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
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 four-page briefings which summarise the state and outlook of the environment in each of 39 European countries.
33 EEA Member Countries
6 Cooperating Countries in the Western Balkans.
In addition, 3 regional four-page briefings give an overview of the main environmental challenges in neighbouring areas:
Arctic
Black Sea
The Mediterranean. . 4

5. SOER 2015 The path from SOER 2010 to SOER 2015
Draft selection of Part B and Part C topics (incl. Eionet consultation)
SOER 2015 Implementation Plan
Publication
4 MARCH 2015
SOER 2015 Project Plan
2010
Reflecting
Planning
Preparing
Producing
2015
Final selection of focus for all parts (by Dec) - Phase 1
First Draft Part B & Part C (by Mar), Part A & Synthesis (by May) - Phase 2
Quality assurance and Eionet consultation (including MB Seminar ) - Phase 3
Second Draft Part B & Part C (by Jul), Part A & Synthesis (by Sep) - Phase 4
Final quality assurance, final updates, SOER 2015 Online finalisation (by Nov) - Phase 5 5

6. SOER work place

7. Austrian involvement in SOER
Involvement of countries via National Focal Points (NFP) and National Reference Centres (NRC)
Austrian contribution based on national SOER
Contribution according to SEIS (Shared Environmental Information System)
Voluntary contribution according to EIONET cooperation agreement

8. European air quality data for SOER 2010
Data from questionnaire according to decision 2004/461/EC
zoning
information on monitoring stations
exceedances
specific air quality information (O3, PAH, heavy metal, VOC)
natural events, winter sanding
consultations in case of transboundary contributions
Data from AirBase (European exchange of information)

9. Air quality data on European level
Index trends of O3, NO2, NOx, PM10 (annual mean in urban areas)
Percentage of urban population in areas where selected limit/target values are exceeded (O3, NO2, NOx, PM10)
Percentage of population exposed to PM10 levels above limit values
Years of life lost due to PM2.5 concentrations
Distance to target for O3
Regional average O3 exceedance of long term target
Percentage of ecosystem area at risk of acidification and eutrophication; O3 damage

10. Air quality data on European level – main results
Source: EEA 2010

11. Air quality data on European level – main results
Population-weighted concentrations of PM10 and O3 in urban agglomerations of more than 250,000 inhabitants in EU 27
Regional average number of exceedances of the EU long-term objective for ozone (120 μg/m³) per station during the summer for stations that reported at least one exceedance (columns)
Source: EEA 2010

12. Air emission data on European level – main results
Example NOx
NOx sources in 2008 for EEA-32 and Western Balkan countries
Past and projected NOx emissions; EEA-32 + Western Balkan countries
Source: EEA 2010

13. Impact of different factors on NOx emissions
Source: EEA 2010

14. Country assessments – example Austria
Environmental topics covered
General information
Air pollution
Climate change mitigation
Nature protection and biodiversity
Land use
Freshwater
Waste
National and regional stories
Transport & environment
Sustainable tourism
Exposure to indoor air pollutants in the school
Austria on its way to more renewable energy

15. Country assessments – example Austria (air pollution)
State and impact (air quality levels)
Key drivers and pressures (emissions and developments of key statistical data)
2020 outlook (projected traffic and NOx, NO2 data)
Existing and planned responses (abatement measures)

16. Austrian information flow for quarterly/annual (=final) data validation
AQ Data-base
National Annual AQ Report
Monitoring station
Statistical aggregation
Annual submission of finally validated data to EU, EMEP
Station calibration (every 3 months) by transfer standard:
Zero and span deviation
Visualisation
Exceedance/ compliance information to EU
Quarterly (=final) data validation:
Correction of zero or span deviation
setting validity and validation flags
Information from daily or monthly data check (zero, span values, monitoring device status information, information from station maintenance) 16

17. Air quality data (examples)
Average annual mean NO2 concentration at urban and suburban monitoring sites
Number of exceedances of the daily mean PM10 limit value at selected urban monitoring sites
Exceedance of critical loads for eutrophying nitrogen CLnut(N)

18. Further information EEA SOER: http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer
SOER work place: environment/library/soer-2015
Austrian SOER: soer2010_air/
European Topic Centre on Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation:
AirBase: maps/data/airbase-the-european-air-quality-database-8

19. Christian Nagl +43-1-31304-5866, christian.nagl@umweltbundesamt.at
Contact & Information
Christian Nagl ,
Umweltbundesamt
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