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Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution: Exploring Future Information Needs

This document outlines the European Commission's Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution and the ongoing revision of air quality directives. It highlights the role of the CAFE program, the importance of transparency, stakeholder participation, and the integration of real-time data for effective decision-making. The strategy assesses the progress in addressing air quality impacts on human health and the environment, emphasizing the need for updated monitoring, reporting, and public information systems. It aims to achieve air quality levels that minimize negative impacts, with a focus on participatory governance and shared information systems.

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Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution: Exploring Future Information Needs

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  1. Thematic Strategy on air pollution and the revision of air quality directives -anticipating future information needs Andrej Kobe

  2. Contents • Role of EC / the CAFE programme • Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution • Revision of Air Quality legislation • Information needs • Place for real-time data exchange, forecasting • INSPIRE and the Shared Information System (role of EEA) • Conclusions

  3. Clean Air for Europe • Provides technical basis required for the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution • Key principles: transparency, stakeholder participation • Launched 2001 • Pillars: Science / Integrated Assessment Modelling / Cost Benefit Analysis • Thematic Strategy • Coherent, integrated policy, consistent with other actions • Assesses progress in addressing Health & Environment • Objectives (Art 7.1 of 6th Env Action Programme) • Achieving levels of AQ that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on and risks to human health and the environment • No exceedance of critical loads and levels for acidification and eutrophication • Planned to be adopted by the College (E Commissioners) in May 2005 • http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/air/cafe/index.htm

  4. Baseline – PM2.5 2000 2010 2020

  5. Baseline (Rural) ozone 2000 2010 2020

  6. Loss of life expectancy 2000 2010 2020

  7. Impacts 2020 • reduced average statistical life expectancy of 5.5 months due to PM and some 20,000 premature deaths • about 13% of the area of European forests where critical loads for acidification are exceeded • 40% of ecosystems area subject to unsustainable deposition levels of nutrient nitrogen; and (4) about 13% of forests area exposed to ozone above the critical level

  8. Maximum Feasible Technical Reduction

  9. T/S on Air Pollution • Even MTFR does not satisfy 6EAP goals • Setting of interim objectives • Community measures • Product standards (Euro V/VI, domestic heating) • Agriculture • International shipping • Revision of Air Quality legislation • National/local measures • Switch to cleaner fuels • Urban Transport plans... • Cost Benefit Analysis helps to determine level of ambition

  10. AQD Revision • New environmental objective (PM2.5) • Merging, streamlining, better regulation • Information to the public (Aarhus) • Monitoring & Reporting • Present, future information needs? • Towards a Shared Information System

  11. Public information • Warnings (exceedances of alert thresholds...) • Quality, up-to-date information on concentrations + supplementary info • Forecasting • Assessment throughout the territory: modelling! • Empowering citizens : information on implementation of legislation and individual rights (limit values, right to participate in decision making...) • Information on measures : plans&programmes • Influencing personal behaviour • European aspect • EU & Internal market : free movement of persons • Transboundary nature of air pollution

  12. Information needs(COM, EEA, MS) • Commission (DG ENV) • Compliance checking (Guardian of the Treaty) • Community policy development • EEA & MS • Assessment / State of Environment • Data repository at a Community Level (centralized or shared) • Forecasting (transboundary aspects) • Shared competencies • Development, validation, standardisation of models • Identification of linkages (cross-media, cross-policies), non-linearities • Knowledge gaps (research) • Following progress (Inspire, GMES)

  13. Info required by AQD • Measurement data + related metadata on stations, methods, QA/QC • Assessment throughout the territory • GIS ‘maps’ • Information on plans and programmes • Development (follow-up through Comitology) • From required provisional reporting (ozone) & accelerated meas. data dataflow to accessibility through SIS • Use of GMES?

  14. Shared Information System • INSPIRE – main architecture for spatial data • Held by MS public authorities • Metadata, spatial data sets, services, networks • Agreements on sharing and access, coordination • No reporting of data that is available through SIS • Information available & used as soon as possible • Importance of QA, labelling of provisional info • Start: Reportnet/CDR & EEA assistance

  15. Role of EEA • Center of excellence • Provider of processed, policy relevant information • Key player for validation of data • Provider, developer of tools (data > information) • Assessments • SoE Reports, Indicators • Follow effectiveness of policies, implementation • Enhanced public access (with MS)

  16. Real-time exchange • Encouraged by DG ENV, but not mandatory • When ozone real-time exchange substantially covers EU, it can be a very effective replacement of currently requested provisional ozone reporting • Required exchange between neighbours on elevated concentrations : facilitation through centralized exchange? • By-product of INSPIRE?

  17. Forecasting • An important public information component • In revised AQD proposed extension of reference to forecasting to all pollutants • Anticipated that forecasting would benefit from new requirements on sharing the assessment information (modelling) • Need to define standard products?

  18. Conclusions • Intensive negotiations in 2005 • Data exchange Group, Comitology, Co-decision • Exciting future prospects • Shared Information System, INSPIRE, GMES • Results • Informed, empowered, healthier public and cleaner environment • Improved policy development • More easy, more effective implementation of EU/national legislation

  19. AQD GIS ‘maps’ • 1st approximation already required • Assessment throughout the territory • Classification of zones (based on monitoring, modelling) • Strenghten provisions (should resolve areas of exceedances, monitoring data) • Requirements: fit for purpose, not prescriptive • Benefits (beside compliance check) • Links to IAM, exposure (non-threshold pollutants) • Promote harmonization (borderline), modelling • Enhanced public information

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