Abstract

The aim of this trend report is to assess the effectiveness of air pollution policies under theConvention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), and to document progress and identifyremaining challenges. Trends in environmental and health responses to long-range transported air pollutionare presented, primarily focusing on 1990 to 2012 and on Europe, with additional data from North Americaand the Arctic region. Air pollutants included in the report are sulphur and nitrogen as acidifying agents,nutrient-nitrogen, ground-level ozone, particulate matter (PM), heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants(POPs). The results are from work done under the bodies of the Working Group on Effects of the LRTAPConvention, i.e. ICP Integrated Monitoring, ICP Forests, ICP Materials, ICP Modelling and Mapping, ICPVegetation, ICP Waters, JEG Dynamic Modelling and the Task Force on Health. The European Monitoringand Evaluation Programme (EMEP) and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) alsocontributed.

Keywords

Air Pollution, Surface water chemistry, Biological recovery, Trends

Published in

NIVA-rapport
2015, number: 6946
ISBN: 978-82-577-6681-8
Publisher: Norwegian Institute for Water Research

SLU Authors

• Lundin, Lars

  • Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Åkerblom, Staffan

  • Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Associated SLU-program

Organic risk substances and metals (until May 2010)
Biodiversity
Acidification
Climate
Eutrophication
Lakes and watercourses
Forest
Non-toxic environment


UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences


Permanent link to this page (URI)

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