Air Science Policy Forum – Dublin , 15th April 2013 Drivers, trends and pressures from emissions to air pollution Professor Jacqueline McGlade, European Environment Agency

Climate Change

Population

Political and Social Conflict

Loss of Biodiversity

Energy

Water Security

Natural Resources

Economic Uncertainty

Urbanization and Land Use

Human Health

Security

Technology Advancements

Poverty & Inequality

Globalization

Timely, fit-for-purpose information on state of the environment

. . . We Need Collective Intelligence and Understanding

Communicating about complex science

• . . .

Data (D)

Indicators (I)

Assessments - combining diverse

sources of Knowledge (A)

Knowledge, understanding,

action- policy development (K)

indicators and resource accounts

citizen observatories, science programs, information services

e-Reporting Monitoring (M)

time series and models

negotiation & reflection

Evidence is growing rapidly

Monitoring Environmental Change

Coastal Erosion

Historic Drought Micro Climate Change

Ocean Health Index

Mineral Mining Forests & Ozone

Biodiversity Deforestation Marine shipping & Protected Areas

Ice-cap Melting

Managing Natural Resources

Ecosystem Habitat

Forest Inventory Forest Health

Forest Disease

Carbon Accounting

Oil and Gas Geologic Exploration

Water management Maritime

Protection

i

Coastal Ecosystems

Water Accounting Seabed mapping

Responding to Natural Disasters

Flooding Situational Awareness (COP)

Firestorm Fire Simulation

Storm Damage Assessment

Quake Tracking

Fukushima, Japan

Radiation Exposure Tsunami Forecast, Earthquake Damage Assessment

Tohoku, Japan

Air pollution is falling but in some countries emissions are above ceiling limits

• 8 EU member

states had

pollutant emissions

above ceiling limits

in 2011, compared

to 12 member

states exceeding

the ceiling in 2010.

NOx emissions in 2011. Countries

coloured in green are below NOx ceiling,

those in red are above NOx ceiling.

EEA, 2013

Updates to science show Europe is still playing catch-up

State of air

quality

based on

‘old’

science

State of air

quality

based on

‘new’

science

Concentrations of particulate matter & ozone are still too high

Percentage of urban population exposed to air pollution exceeding

acceptable EU air quality standard

Despite reduced NOx emissions, NO2 levels remain too high

Transport is a major contributor to Europe’s air pollution problems

• Shipping is a major

contributor to pollution

emissions and greenhouse

gases

• Aviation contributes relatively

little to pollution but is a fast

growing industry and needs

to be closely monitored

Relative contribution % of shipping emissions to annual mean concentration

EEA 2013

Air Pilot – sharing experience to support implementation

• Local emission inventories • Modelling activities • Monitoring networks • Trends and management practices • Information to the public

Multidimensional

Open Access

Usability

Data Management

Solutions

Analysis

Access

Bandwidth

Collaboration

Social Networking

Connectivity

Wireless

Networks

Predictive

Real Time

Science

Analytics

Modeling

Real Time

Tracking

Sensor Network

Measurement

Remote Sensing

Lidar

GPS

Services

Web Enabled

Collaboration

Privacy

Data

Crowdsourcing

Access

Ownership

Volume

Mobile

Distributed

Security

Computing

Visualization

Cloud

Performance

SaaS

Location Mobile

Technology Is Changing Rapidly

Rapid Adoption of Common Platforms

. . . Building A Global Network

Eye on Earth Global Network

UNEP Live

NGO’s – Data Basin

Indonesia SDI

US Government

Russian Federation

Interoperability

NatureWatch

Engaging Citizens & local organisations – social media integration

Citizen Science - Watches

Social media integration

Surveillance

• Collected once and shared with others for many purposes

• Managed responsibly at source

• Readily available to easily fulfil legal reporting obligations

• Easily accessible for all users and available in national

languages

• Accessible to enable comparisons at the appropriate

geographical scale and to support citizen participation

• Supported through investment in common standards and

interoperable systems

SEIS Principles

Looking ahead to better air quality

Impacts

Air Q

uality

Em

issio

ns

• The review of EU air legislation

in 2013 is a tremendous

opportunity

• Measures to promote air

quality, and measures to

reduce greenhouse gases are

mutually supportive

• We already know which

policies work

• The knowledge base on air

must be continually improved