convention on long range transboundary air pollution

... in long- range transboundary air pollution; 1979 Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution (c) pollution; Control technologies for reducing air pollution relevant to long- range transboundary ... jurisdiction a significant contribution to long- range transboundary air pollution originates, or could originate, in connection with activities carried on or contemplated therein 1979 Convention on Long- range ... present Convention; (c) To discharge the functions assigned by the Executive Body 1979 Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution Article 12: AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION Any Contracting...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20

... Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution on Long- term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long- range Transmission of Air Pollutants ... Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution, adopted in Geneva on 13 November 1979; "EMEP" means the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long- range Transmission of Air ... Body for the Convention constituted under article 10, paragraph 1, of the Convention; "Commission" means the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; "Parties" means, unless the context otherwise...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20

... pollution Particulate matter is therefore not only a serious local problem but also of regional and international concern, and one of the core issues addressed by the Convention on Long- range Transboundary ... pollution as one of four regional priority goals Reduction of exposure to particulate matter is essential to the achievement of this goal, and the Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution ... Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) On the other hand, there is convincing evidence that current levels of air pollution still pose a considerable risk to the environment...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 11:20

... increases in ozone precursor emissions in these parts of the region covered by the Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution Ozone levels and trends Even though emissions of ozone precursors ... Additional contributions from Anne-Gunn Hjellbrekke of the Norwegian Institute for Air research (NILU) are gratefully acknowledged Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution Contents ... harmful to life on Earth The long- range contribution to ozone levels is equivalent to the regional background of ozone, which includes naturally occurring ozone This contribution is not strongly influenced...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20

... populations The UNECE Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution is a powerful international instrument that aims to reduce and prevent air pollution The effects of the Convention can ... Oxidation Program for Microsoft Windows Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Benzo[a]pyrene Bioconcentration factor Body weight Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution 2,2-bis ... and the environment The Protocol on POPs to the UNECE Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution addresses several of those compounds, namely aldrin, chlordane, chlordecone, DDT, dieldrin,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:20

... pollution Session Materials AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS ON HEALTH AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS ON PROPERTY AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEM (PLANTS AND ANIMALS) AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS ON ECONOMY 24 Air Pollution ... following topics: Air Pollution impacts on Health Air Pollution impacts on Ecosystem (Plants and Animals) Air Pollution impacts on Property Air Pollution impacts on Economy Distribute the materials ... questions (in a way that would not alter the conclusion reached by the class) GROUP TASK CARD CLASS MONITOR You are responsible for writing It is your responsibility to maintain order information on...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20

... States We will also continue to take action to reduce emissions from the rail, marine, and aviation sectors Action on Consumer and Commercial Products We are taking action so energy-using products ... Canadian environmental products and know-how abroad mean long- term economic benefits for Canada and more jobs for Canadians Action on Greenhouse Gases Climate change is a serious environmental challenge ... environment now and in the future Action on Air Pollution Air pollution has become increasingly visible in cities and towns across Canada Our plan will lead to reductions in air pollutant emissions...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... open for signature, ratification or accession at the date on which the Convention is opened for signature, but only to the extent that such Conventions would be in conflict with it; however, nothing ... Article shall affect the obligations of Contracting States to nonContracting States arising under such International Conventions Article XIII The present Convention shall remain open for signature ... accordance with this Convention No claim for pollution damage under this Convention or otherwise may be made against the servants or agents of the owner Nothing in this Convention shall prejudice...

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2016, 18:38

... Long- term exposure to ambient air pollution and cardiopulmonary mortality in women Epidemiology 2006, 17:545-551 Committee on the Aetiology of Chronic Bronchitis: Definition and classification ... pollution exposure and lung function indicator was greater 0.3 Common estimation for both strata because of no interaction between lung function indicator and air pollution exposure Abbreviations: ... M: Pulmonary function is a long- term predictor of mortality in the general population: 29-year follow-up of the Buffalo Health Study Chest 2000, 118:656-664 Seaton A, MacNee W, Donaldson K, Godden...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:20

... to be seasonal or exhibit a long- term trend Seasonal effects may be caused by an interaction with temperature, or with another pollutant exhibiting a seasonal pattern In contrast, long- term trends ... the second discusses the air pollution component 5.2.1 Modelling trends, seasonal variation and temporal correlation The model building process began by removing the trend, seasonal variation and ... conditional of α is non-standard because it is the product of a Gaussian prior and n Poisson observations As a result, simulation is carried out using a Metropolis-Hastings step, and two common...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... precipitation formation in the presence of high sulfate concentrations (Lohmann and Feichter, 1997) Consequently, the longer lifetime leads to higher SO4 surface concentrations (iii) OH concentrations ... (MFR:2030:DT) To demonstrate to what extent emission reduction of specific regions could impact the region itself but also other regions due to aerosol export we also conducted two “regional reduction” experiments: ... emissions and oxidant concentrations applied 5570 ACPD 8, 5563–5627, 2008 Air pollution mitigation – total aerosol radiative forcing S Kloster et al Title Page Abstract Introduction Conclusions...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... indoor and outdoor air purification and to purify water contaminated with low concentrations of toxic pollutants.150) JAPANESE REGULATIONS ON FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION FROM ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS ... Case Definition Arch Environ Health, 48, 19–26 1999 Consensus on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (1999) Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A 1999 Consensus Arch Environ Health, 54, 147–149 Anonymous (1997) ... because of wrong utility work, and about the trial afterwards Indoor Environ., 12, 13–24 (in Japanese) Abe, K (1998) Fungal Index and Contamination in Air Conditioners when cooled Indoor Environ., 1,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... absorbing aerosols on the Indian monsoon The 2008 Indian monsoon In this section, we use the 2008 Indian mons oon a s an example for a discussion of possible relationships of monsoon rainfall to ... focusing on the Indian monsoon We use the 2008 season as an example to discuss possible impacts of aerosols on, and feedback from, the large-scale South Asian monsoon system in the context of ... to major monsoon regions The vast Saharan desert is situated northwards of the rainbelt of the West African monsoon The East WMO Bulletin 58 (1) - January 2009 | 23 Asia monsoon region coincides...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... consumption, use of statin medication, plasma folate, vitamin B6 and B12, season, chronic disease and creatinine clearance rate Wild^: non-wild; Delet: deletion, delet^: non-deletion corresponding ... pollutants (black carbon, BC, carbon monoxide, CO or elemental carbon, EC), suggesting that secondary pollution plays a stronger role in oxidative stress [23] Several studies have demonstrated that ... selections [25-28] In addition, the NAS consists of an aged population and non-Hispanic white men were dominant Thus, the findings are not well generalizable to other populations Conclusions This...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... Environ Pollut 112: 435–442 Manual on methodologies and criteria for mapping critical levels/loads and geographical areas Convention on long- range transboundary air pollution Task force on mapping, ... Aamlid D 1999 Vegetation monitoring in South-Varanger, Norway — species composition of ground vegetation and its relation to environmental variables and pollution impact Env Mon Assessment 58: 1–21 ... metal and sulfur deposition in Finland Sci Total Environ 324: 141–160 story vegetation along a heavy-metal pollution gradient in SW Finland Environ Pollut 112: 339–350 Santesson R., Moberg R., Nordin...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... under the UNECE Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) Since its ratification in 1979, this Convention has contributed to lower transboundary air pollution through policy ... revision of the 1999 Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone This Protocol is one of the eight multilateral environmental agreements under the UNECE Convention on Long- range ... Convention on Long- range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) Since its ratification in 1979, this Convention has contributed to lower transboundary air pollution through policy measures based on scientific...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... Ecosystem Production (Carbon sink) Figure Net annual uptake of carbon by vegetation alone (net primary production) and vegetation plus soils (net ecosystem production, the land carbon sink) for the ... Effects on concentrations 4.2 Effects on ecosystems 4.3 Economic effects 10 4.4 Effects on temperature and sea level 11 Summary and Conclusions ... to consider carefully the connections between the chemistry of the atmosphere and climate These connections are complex and their nonlinearity is exemplified by the fact that concentrations of...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... wind conditions Long- term means for outdoor SHS concentrations are averaged over a large number of transient peaks, which only occur when smokers are active, whereas indoor concentrations remain ... in the longitudinal direction by the wind, and in the transverse directions by diffusion A highly simplified expression which illustrates the physics for the downwind concentration C on the plume ... the RSP monitor The intakes and exhausts of the concealed monitors were connected to the outdoor environment The monitors were deployed about the UMBC campus in a variety of locations on Tuesday,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... Period (Month) Monthly Average Concentration (µg/mc) Linear (Monthly Average Concentration (µg/mc)) Figure Monthly evolutions of mean concentrations of NO2 in 2009 Monthly Evolution of Mean Concentration ... Sep Oct Nov Dec StudiedPeriod (Month) Monthly Mean Concentration (µg/mc) Linear (Monthly Mean Concentration (µg/mc)) Figure Monthly evolutions of mean concentrations of PM10 in 2009 86 Analele ... hormones and bone matrix proteins are likely to also play a role Most family and association studies to date have focused on the genetic contributions to bone density, a major determinant of bone...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... representation of the interconnections between climate change, air pollution and chronic disease Source (ref 2) DEA calls for  Recognition and education of the public and health professionals concerning ... Air Pollution On Lung Development From 10 To 18 Years Of Age N Engl J Med 2004; 351:1057-1067 26 National Environment Protection Council Service Corporation National Environment Protection (Ambient ... Government Department of Environment and Conservation Air Pollution Economics Health Costs of Air Pollution in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region November 2005 http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/air/airpollution05623.pdf...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20