1. The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
and the Network of Experts on Benefits and Economic Instruments (NEBEI)
Henning Wuester
Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(for information on the Convention)
unece.org/env/nebei (for NEBEI)

2. The 49 Parties to the Convention on
Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Artic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Slovenia
Hungary
Slovakia
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
Sweden
Georgia
Norway
Belarus
Czech Rep.
Ukraine
Denmark
Moldova
Germany
Yugoslavia
Austria
Bulgaria LI
Turkey
Italy
Monaco
Cyprus
Switzerland
Malta
Netherlands
Greece
Belgium
F.Y.R.of
Macedonia
Luxembourg
Albania
France
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Spain
Croatia
Portugal
Ireland
United
Kingdom
Romania
Russian Federation
Iceland
Kara Sea
Barents Sea
North Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Caspian
Sea
Aral
Canada
United States
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan

3. The main priorities under the Convention
Implementation of and compliance with protocols in force:
1985 and 1994 Sulphur Protocols
1988 NOx Protocol
1991 VOC Protocol
Review and extension of protocols:
1998 POPs and Heavy Metals Protocol
1999 Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

4. Intergovernmental bodies, expert groups and scientific centres under the Convention

5. Covered by benefit assessment
The multi-pollutant, multi-effect approach of the Gothenburg Protocol extended by PM
Primary PM
PM pollution
Covered by benefit assessment

6. Effects included in the assessment made before the Gothenburg Protocol
Health (aerosols, ozone, SO2)
Acute, chronic - mortality and morbidity
Materials
SO2 / acid effects on utilitarian buildings
Crops/Forests
Direct effects of SO2 and O3 on crop yield
Indirect SO2 and O3 effects on livestock
N deposition as fertilizer
Acidification/liming
O3 effects on timber production
Visibility
Change in amenity
Ecological damage - missing

7. The Gothenburg Protocol review
The review will commence the review in 2004 (dependant on entry into force in 2003)
Re-examine acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone damage
Use 2015 and 2020 as target years (to be re-evaluated in the light of data quality and uncertainty)
Cover PM and its health impacts
Take into account hemispheric air pollution and, possibly, synergies with climate change policies

8. Economic assessment of air pollution abatement benefits remains a high priority area of work