19 March 2018 - 21 March 2018
Gothenburg, Sweden
The workshop is directed towards policymakers, scientists and other stakeholders active in supporting air pollution awareness and control on an international scale and is the sixth in a series within the so-called Saltsjöbaden format.
The workshop will in particular consider air pollution issues in relation to international conventions and other initiatives such as the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP), the EU legislation on Air Pollution, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the Arctic Council/Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), the Stockholm Convention and the Minamata Convention.
The Agenda is organized around a selected number of topics on themes of relevance for both science and policy and will include; Clean cities; Clean Air in a global context; The way forward in the EECCA (East Europe Caucasus and Central Asia) region; Air pollution effects on ecosystems and the link to climate; Sectors, Sources and Solutions for further emission reductions.
IIASA scientists, Markus Amann, Program Director of the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Program, is a member of the Advisory Board and will present in the Clean Air Globally Session and Janusz Cofala, Senior Researcher, will present at the Clean Air - Sectors and Solutions Session.
The workshop is organized by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute in close collaboration with the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP).
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0 Fax:(+43 2236) 71 313