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Air and the environment.
Online version.
By Per Elvingson and Christer Ågren.
170 pp. 2004.
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Further information
Publications
Acid News. Magazine with reports mainly from Europe on the problems of acidification and air pollution, and measures that are being taken to counteract them. Four issues a year, delivered free on request. Published by the secretariat. Also available in electronic format on this website
Europe’s environment: the third assessment (2003). 341 pp. Published by the European Environment Agency, Kongens Nytorv 6, 1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Internet: www.eea.eu.int
Environmental signals. Indicator report, intented to be published annually by the European Environment Agency. The EEA also publishes reports on trends in European air quality. EEA, address as above.
Integrated Assessment Modelling for the Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone in Europe (1999). By M. Amann, et al. Publicatiereeks lucht & energie nr. 132. 65 pp. Published by the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. Out of print, but available at www.iiasa.ac.at/rains.
Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone in Europe (1999). By M. Holland, et al. Publicatiereeks lucht & energie nr. 133. 84 pp. Published by the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. (out of print).
EMEP reports. Annual reports from the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution giving the latest figures on national emissions and transboundary fluxes of air pollutants within Europe. Available from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Box 43-Blindern, N-0313 Oslo 3, Norway. Internet: www.emep.int.
Modelling and Mapping of Critical Thresholds in Europe: CCE Status Report 2003 (2003). Eds. M. Posch, J-P Hettelingh, J. Slootweg and R.J. Downing. A report explaining how the mapping of critical loads is done, including background material supplied by each country, as well as resulting maps. 132 pp. Can be ordered from The Coordination Centre for Effects, c/o RIVM/MNV, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Also available in pdf format, together with previous reports, at www.rivm.nl/cce.
Global assessment of acidification and eutrophication of natural ecosystems (1999). By L. Bouwman and D. van Vuuren. Published by UNEP/RIVM. The full report is available in pdf format at www.rivm.nl/env/int/geo.
Ground-Level Ozone – A Threat to Vegetation (1999). Edited by H. Pleijel. A general survey of the problem of ground-level ozone, especially in regard to its effects on crops, forest trees, and natural vegetation. Report 4970. 112 pp. Published by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, 106 48 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail orders: natur@cm.se
A Warmer World (2003). By C. Bernes. A popular presentation of the climate change problem. Presents, in addition, new projections of what could happen to the climate of Europe over the next hundred years. 168 pp. Published by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, address as above.
IPCC Third Assessment Report: Climate Change 2001. Synthesis Report. Contains the Synthesis Report itself, the Summaries for Policymakers and Technical Summaries of the three Working Group volumes, and supporting annexes. 398 pp. Published by the Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU, England. Internet: www.cambridge.org/ipcc. Extensive summaries are available in several languages in pdf format from www.ipcc.ch/pub/reports.htm.
Health phpects of Air Pollution with Particulate Matter, Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide (2003). Report on a WHO Working Group. 94 pp. Published by WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. Avaible at: www.euro.who.int/document/e78992.pdf
Air Quality Guidelines for Europe. Second Edition. (2000) WHO Regional Publications, European Series, No. 91. 273 pp. Published by WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. Also available online at www.who.dk.
Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development 2002/2003. (2002) Eds. O. S. Stokke and O. B. Thommessen. Provides key data concerning the most important international environmental agreements, a series of articles by independent experts, and presentations of major intergovernmental organizations as well as NGOs. 334 pp. By the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, published by Earthscan Publications, 120, Pentonville Road, London N1 9JN, UK. See also www.greenyearbook.org.
Film
Sex, Sulphur, and a Fishy Business is the name of a film with the subtitle "A kind of twisted documentary on acid rain in Scandinavia". It explains acidification problems in an unconventional way. Available from the Secretariat, single copies free of charge.
Internet
An updated list of links to relevant websites can be found on this website.
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Published 6 April 2004.
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