The “Review on the State of Air Pollution in East Asia (The RSAP)” aims at synthesizing best scientific knowledge on the present status on air pollution and its environmental impacts, focusing mainly on East Asia. It is expected to be a basis for discussions on the future development and expansion of scope for the EANET. The present status of Particulate Matter (PM) and Haze, Oxidants, and Acidifi...

 EANET has released the latest version of its Brochure. The 15-pages’ document first sets out the environmental and regional context in which the Intergovernmental Initiative has emerged, justifying the need for regional cooperation to prevent the increasing trends of Air pollution in East Asia, before entering into details on the definition of the region’s major pollutants and the mechanism ...

Decision 2019/4, taken by the Executive Body in December 2019, established the scope and content of the review of the Amended Gothenburg Protocol. The Group for the Review of the Gothenburg Protocol (GPG) developed the document “Preparations for the review of the Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication, and Ground-level ozone, as amended in 2012 (2020/3) (AGP)”, adopted in December 2020. A...

In the scope of the review of the Amended Gothenburg Protocol, the review of its Technical Annex VIII, “Limit values for fuels and new mobile sources” and its associated guidance document was performed by TFTEI. A report has been prepared. In particular, the emission limit values (ELVs) in the existing TA VIII are compared with the emission levels achievable with latest abatement technologies. Thi...

Reduction techniques in cement production were covered by TFTEI several years ago, but it was necessary to update all the information previously provided. This document replaces all previous ones.In this update, the most recent information on emission abatement techniques, their efficiencies and their costs are provided. ...

This informal background document has been prepared by TFTEI technical secretariat and provides a compact overview of the state-of-the-art in air pollutant reduction techniques from aluminium production. After a brief general description of the aluminium production processes, the report provides a systematic overview of relevant air pollutants and the corresponding abatement techniques, mainly bas...

The reduction of BC and PAH emissions is linked to the reduction of PM emissions. This report provides an overview of BC, PAH and ultrafine particles (UFP) emissions and the effect of PM emission reduction measures on emissions of these species. The study was extended, as far as possible, to all carbonaceous species such as secondary organic aerosols (SOA) and brown carbon (BrC), which have an imp...

The Task Force on Techno-Economic Issues (TFTEI) under the Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) has developed six case studies to explore the possible “Technological Pathways towards the Ratification of the amended Gothenburg Protocol (AGP), in some EECCA and SEE countries”, as a preparatory phase for discussions on barriers occurred in 2022 during the AGP review period (a...

This webinar, hosted by the EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), was recorded on March 16, 2021.  The webinar is part of EPA’s Air, Climate, & Energy Research webinar series.Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from adhesives, cleaning agents, personal care products, paints, pesticides, and other volatile chemical products (VCPs) result in human exposure in the vicinity of product...

EPA’s Office of Research and Development, Air and Energy National Research Program is working to assess the impact and improve our understanding of air pollution morbidity and mortality in vulnerable populations, including individuals with cardiovascular disease. Exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with adverse cardiovascular health events including heart attacks, st...