European State of the Environment Report Austrian Experience Source: EEA 2010

EEA State of the Environment Report Every 5 years (2010: 4th report) Common questions to all EEA countries (part C) Addresses policy makers in Europe (and beyond), responsible for environmental issues

Content of SOER 2010 Source: EEA 2010, http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer

Cross-Country Comparisons SOER 2015 A suite of product(s): a report, and 87 short briefings Synthesis Report Global Megatrends European Briefings Cross-Country Comparisons Country Briefings Part 1 – Setting the scene Part 2 – Assessing trends Part 3 – Looking ahead Diverging global population trends Living in an urban world Disease burden and risk of new pandemics Accelerating technological change Continued economic growth? From a unipolar to a mulitpolar world Intensified global resource competition Growing demands on ecosytems Consequences of climate change Increasing pollution load Diversifying trends in governance Air pollution Biodiversity CC impacts & adapt. .. Mitigating Climate... Forests Freshwater Marine Noise Soil Waste Agriculture Consumption Energy Industry Maritime Tourism Transport Health Resource efficiency Air & climate system Land systems Hydrological systems Urban systems Natural capital Green economy Air pollution (focus on selected pollutants) Biodiversity (focus on protected areas) Climate Change (focus on greenhouse gases) Freshwater (focus on nutrients in rivers) Waste (focus on municipal solid waste ) Agriculture (focus on organic farming) Energy (focus on energy consumption and renewables) Transport (focus on passenger transport) Resource efficiency (focus on material resources) A set of 39 four-page briefings which summarise the state and outlook of the environment in each of 39 European countries. 33 EEA Member Countries 6 Cooperating Countries in the Western Balkans. In addition, 3 regional four-page briefings give an overview of the main environmental challenges in neighbouring areas: Arctic Black Sea The Mediterranean. . 4

SOER 2015 The path from SOER 2010 to SOER 2015 Draft selection of Part B and Part C topics (incl. Eionet consultation) SOER 2015 Implementation Plan Publication 4 MARCH 2015 SOER 2015 Project Plan 2010 2011 - Reflecting 2012 - Planning 2013 - Preparing 2014 - Producing 2015 Final selection of focus for all parts (by Dec) - Phase 1 First Draft Part B & Part C (by Mar), Part A & Synthesis (by May) - Phase 2 Quality assurance and Eionet consultation (including MB Seminar ) - Phase 3 Second Draft Part B & Part C (by Jul), Part A & Synthesis (by Sep) - Phase 4 Final quality assurance, final updates, SOER 2015 Online finalisation (by Nov) - Phase 5 5

SOER work place http://forum.eionet.europa.eu/nrc-state-environment/library/soer-2015

Austrian involvement in SOER Involvement of countries via National Focal Points (NFP) and National Reference Centres (NRC) Austrian contribution based on national SOER Contribution according to SEIS (Shared Environmental Information System) Voluntary contribution according to EIONET cooperation agreement

European air quality data for SOER 2010 Data from questionnaire according to decision 2004/461/EC zoning information on monitoring stations exceedances specific air quality information (O3, PAH, heavy metal, VOC) natural events, winter sanding consultations in case of transboundary contributions Data from AirBase (European exchange of information)

Air quality data on European level Index trends of O3, NO2, NOx, PM10 (annual mean in urban areas) Percentage of urban population in areas where selected limit/target values are exceeded (O3, NO2, NOx, PM10) Percentage of population exposed to PM10 levels above limit values Years of life lost due to PM2.5 concentrations Distance to target for O3 Regional average O3 exceedance of long term target Percentage of ecosystem area at risk of acidification and eutrophication; O3 damage

Air quality data on European level – main results Source: EEA 2010

Air quality data on European level – main results Population-weighted concentrations of PM10 and O3 in urban agglomerations of more than 250,000 inhabitants in EU 27 Regional average number of exceedances of the EU long-term objective for ozone (120 μg/m³) per station during the summer for stations that reported at least one exceedance (columns) Source: EEA 2010

Air emission data on European level – main results Example NOx NOx sources in 2008 for EEA-32 and Western Balkan countries Past and projected NOx emissions; EEA-32 + Western Balkan countries Source: EEA 2010

Impact of different factors on NOx emissions Source: EEA 2010

Country assessments – example Austria Environmental topics covered General information Air pollution Climate change mitigation Nature protection and biodiversity Land use Freshwater Waste National and regional stories Transport & environment Sustainable tourism Exposure to indoor air pollutants in the school Austria on its way to more renewable energy http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/countries/at

Country assessments – example Austria (air pollution) State and impact (air quality levels) Key drivers and pressures (emissions and developments of key statistical data) 2020 outlook (projected traffic and NOx, NO2 data) Existing and planned responses (abatement measures)

Austrian information flow for quarterly/annual (=final) data validation AQ Data-base National Annual AQ Report Monitoring station Statistical aggregation Annual submission of finally validated data to EU, EMEP Station calibration (every 3 months) by transfer standard: Zero and span deviation Visualisation Exceedance/ compliance information to EU Quarterly (=final) data validation: Correction of zero or span deviation setting validity and validation flags Information from daily or monthly data check (zero, span values, monitoring device status information, information from station maintenance) 16

Air quality data (examples) Average annual mean NO2 concentration at urban and suburban monitoring sites Number of exceedances of the daily mean PM10 limit value at selected urban monitoring sites Exceedance of critical loads for eutrophying nitrogen CLnut(N)

Further information EEA SOER: http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer SOER work place: http://forum.eionet.europa.eu/nrc-state- environment/library/soer-2015 Austrian SOER: http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/en/soer/soer2010_partc/ soer2010_air/ European Topic Centre on Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation: http://acm.eionet.europa.eu/ AirBase: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps/data/airbase-the-european-air-quality-database-8

Christian Nagl +43-1-31304-5866, christian.nagl@umweltbundesamt.at Contact & Information Christian Nagl +43-1-31304-5866, christian.nagl@umweltbundesamt.at Umweltbundesamt www.umweltbundesamt.at Monitoring, analyzing and reporting on air quality in Turkmenistan Ashgabat ■ 2-3 December 2014