POLISH THEMATIC NETWORK FOR PROBLEMS OF AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

OBJECTIVE Consolidation of scientific potencial in the field of air pollution and climate changes in order to strengthen the position of research work in the development of the European Research Area Year of establishment Initiator and co-ordinator– Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas

1.Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice 2.Institute for Meteorology and Water Management in Warsaw 3.Institute for Meteorology and Water Management in Cracow 4.Institute for Meteorology and Water Management in Katowice 5.Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze 6.Instytut Podstaw Inżynierii Środowiska PAN w Krakowie 7.Institute of Environmental Protection, Warsaw 8.Warsaw University of Technology, Chemical and Procesing Engineering Department 9.Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw 10.Jagiellonian University, Department of Climatology, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management 11.Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Department of Ecologistics 12.Wroclaw University, Institute of Geological Sciences 13.Agricultural University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy 14.Gdansk University of Technology, Chemical Faculty, Chair of Analytical Chemistry 15.Gdansk University, Institute of Oceanography, Faculty of Sea Chemistry and Marine Environment Protection 16.NILU Polska Rtd. 17.Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal, Zabrze 18.Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Energy and Ecological Policy 19.Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Laboratory of Conservation Chemistry 20.Technical University of Szczecin, Institute of Chemistry and Environmental Protection 21.Forest Research Institute 21 ORIGINAL MEMBERS

Supporting co-operation of RTD units carrying out research activity on air pollution and climate changes Creating a forum for the exchange of information and dissemination or research results concerning the air pollution and climate changes Supporting the participation of RTD units belonging to the Network in projects realized from Pre-accession Funds, EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF ACTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NETWORK

Development and promotion of the significance of Polish researches in the field of air pollution and climate changes caused by changes in the emission of pollutants into the air and processes proceeding in the atmosphere on the territory of Poland in the European Research Area Development, collection, processing and dissemination of scientific information within the scope of activity of the Network Promotion of results and practical applications of the scientific researches carried out within the Network Development of international co-operation SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF ACTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NETWORK

THEMATIC AREAS OF THE NETWORK Changes in the emission of greenhouse gases and pollutants which are subject to international conventions Analysis of changes in physico-chemical processes proceeding in the atmosphere resulting from changes in the pollutant emission Modeling air pollutant concentrations on a local, regional and national scale taking into account the emission change forecast Monitoring of changes in the air quality, meteorological parameters and climate change elements which have an impact on global changes

Demonstration techniques for spatial distribution of emission changes and climate change parameters Sustainable development of cities and changes in the emission and urban climate Changes in human exposure and biotic / abiotic components of the environment resulting from pollutant emission and climate changes Technical and economical aspects of air pollutant emission reduction THEMATIC AREAS OF THE NETWORK

RESEARCH FIELDS Ground ozone - global, regional and local aspects Solid particles - climatic and health aspects Various scales of climatic system changeability: detection, interpretation, modeling Changes in chemical composition of the atmosphere - global, regional and local aspects Climate of the urban areas: meteorological, technical and environmental conditions Technical aspects of air pollution emission reduction and mitigation of human and ecosystem exposure for the air pollution

NETWORK BODIES NETWORK CO-ORDINATING UNIT: Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas NETWORK CO-ORDINATOR: Dr. Janina Fudała GENERAL ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE: Dr. Krzysztof Klejnowski - Chairman Dr. Janina Fudała - Vice-Chairman Prof. Andrzej G. Chmielewski - Member Dr. Lucyna Falkowska - Member Dr. Leszek Ośródka - Member Prof. Zbigniew Ustrnul - Member Dr. Anna Zwoździak - Member NETWORK SECRETARIAT: Zofia Nowińska, M.Sc. Patrycja Przewoźnik, M.A.

1.Agricultural University of Wroclaw 2.Gdansk University 3.Gdansk University of Technology 4.Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal, Zabrze 5.Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice 6.Institute for Meteorology and Water Management, Warsaw 7.Institute for Meteorology and Water Management, Upper Silesian Hydrological and Meteorological Center 8.Institute for Meteorology and Water Management, Kraków Branch 9.Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences 10.Institute of Environmental Protection, Warsaw 11.Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw 12.Jagiellonian University 13.Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow 14.NILU Polska Rtd. 15.Technical University of Szczecin 16.Warsaw University of Technology 17.Wroclaw University 18.Wroclaw University of Technology NETWORK MEMBERS

19.Wladyslaw Szafer Institute of Botany at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Ecology 20.Institute for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming at Falenty, Wielkopolsko-Pomorski Research Division in Bydgoszcz 21.Space Research Centre, Teledetection Department, Polish Academy of Sciences 22.The Andrzej SOŁTAN Institute for Nuclear Studies 23.Radom Technical University 24.University of Silesia in Katowice 25.Central Mining Institute 26.Center For Ecological Economics (CEE) Norwegian Institute for Air Research 27.VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Energy Research Center - 28.Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Aerosol Laboratory 29.Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Environmental Physics, Kraków 30.Department of Ecology and Atmospheric Protection, Warsaw University of Technology 31.Polish Ecological Club, Upper Silesian Branch 32.Blachownia Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis NETWORK MEMBERS

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION OBJECTIVE Taking benefits from scientific and research potential for supporting sustainable development strategies Finding new sources for co-funding the RTD units

NETWORK CO-ORDINATOR Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas 6, Kossutha Street Katowice, Poland phone ext. 281 fax