Clean air policy under the UNECE Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution: how are monitoring results “translated” to policy action

Abstract

Concerning clean air policy, under the convention on long-range transboundary air pollution, the following themes are discussed: the history of observed effects; the public awareness and concern for the ecosystem health; the current scientific evidence; the development of the critical load concept, and its application for an effects-based abatement policy.

Keywords

• Air pollution
• Convention LRTAP
• Monitoring
• Critical loads