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What is being done about Air Pollution
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UK Air Quality Strategy
Act on CO2
Local Air Pollution Control (LAPC)
Integrated Pollution Control
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
European Community action to protect the ozone layer
1988 Sofia Protocol on Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes
1991 Geneva Protocol on the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds
1994 Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
1998 Heavy Metals Potocol
1998 Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
1999 Gothenberg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone
Large Combustion Plant Directive
1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
The UK's climate change programme
1997 Kyoto Protocol
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Emissions of Air Pollutants in the UK
This is the website for the UKs National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI). The NAEI is funded by Defra, The Welsh Government, The Scottish Government and The Department of Environment, Northern Ireland. The NAEI compiles estimates of emissions to the atmosphere from UK sources such as cars, trucks, power stations and industrial plant. These emissions are estimated to help to find ways of reducing the impact of human activities on the environment and our health.
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The Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) website, funded by Defra, provides searchable and downloadable
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Defra publish 2011 NECD Stats Today
Now Available....
The Defra
Stats release shows the headline figures and background information
for the four NECD pollutants NOx, SOx, NMVOC and NH3 for 2005-2010. The data
is also available on the
EIONET
website now.
16 December 2011
Air Quality Pollutant Inventories for England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 to 2009
Available Now...
The 1990-2009 Air Quality Pollutant Inventories report has been
published and is available for download.
12 October 2011
Devolved Administrations GHG Inventories for England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 to 2009
Available Now...
The DA GHG Inventories report has been published as official statistics
and is available for download.
6 September 2011
Air Quality Pollutant Inventories for England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 to 2009
Coming soon...
The 1990-2009 Air Quality Pollutant Inventories report will be published
on 12 October 2011.
17 August 2011
Trends in NOx and NO2 emissions and ambient
measurements in the UK
Report now available...
Over the past few months, the modelling team at AEA together with King's
College London and Leeds University, have extended the scope of its emission
prediction capabilities to cover the whole of England, Scotland and Wales. The
new model allows researchers to individually calculate emissions for all of
the roads routinely surveyed by DfT. The report is available on the Defra website.
03 August 2011
Devolved Administrations GHG Inventories for England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 to 2009
Coming soon...
The DA GHG Inventories report will be published as official statistics
on 6 September 2011.
20 July 2011
2009 Emissions Maps
Now available...
Maps of 2009 emissions data are now available.
2009 Emission
Maps.
30 June 2011
2009 Detailed/Summary Emissions Data
Now Available.....
The Data Warehouse of the website has been updated with the 2009 detailed and
summary emissions data.
26 May 2011
2009 Emission Factor Database
Now Available.....
The Emission Factor
Database is now updated with 2009 data. This database contains the
emission factors used to calculate the 2009 UK Emissions Inventory.
26 May 2011
Emissions and Removals of Greenhouse Gases from Land Use, Land Use
Change and Forestry (LULUCF) for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland: 1990-2009
Now Available.....
The above report to the Department for Energy and Climate Change, The
Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and The Northern Ireland
Department of Environment is now available
for download.
15 April 2011
2009 Emissions Summary Data
Now Available......
The 2009
emissions summary data are now available for download. The
Data Warehouse of the website will be updated with the 2009 data over the next
couple of weeks. Please note that the data in the file are consistent with
the territories covered under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution.
28 March 2011
Release of the LRTAP National Statistics
Now Available....
The United Kingdom have submitted the 2011 submission to the UN
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) today. The data
include the main air quality pollutants and cover the time series from 1980 to
2009. The data are available on the
EIONET
website now.
Defra have also released their national statistics release covering the
LRTAP submission which can be found on the Defra
website now.
10 February 2011
ONS Environmental Accounts Data
Now Available....
Environmental Accounts present analysis of energy and emissions data,
considering national production and consumption patterns, to reflect economic
accounting boundaries. The Accounts draw upon NAEI emissions data for the UK,
and integrate other data such as cross-boundary transfers of fuel use between
countries. More
information available here.
10 February 2011
Defra publish 2010 NECD Stats Today
Now Available....
The Stats release shows the headline figures and background information
for the four NECD pollutants NOx, SOx, NMVOC and NH3 and is available on the
Defra
website now.
16 December 2010
1990-2008 Air Quality Pollutant Emission Inventories for
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Now Available....
The
1990-2008 Air
Quality
Pollutant Emission Inventories report is now available.
13 October 2010
Devolved Administrations GHG Inventories for England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 to 2008
Now available...
The
DA
GHG Inventories report is now available.
7 September 2010
UK Emissions of Air Pollutants 1970 to 2008
Now available...
The
UK Emissions of
Air Pollutants 1970 to 2008 report is now available.
6 September 2010
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Different
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Acidification and Eutrophication
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Climate Change
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Groundlevel Ozone
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Particulate formation
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Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
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Toxic Air Pollution
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Transboundary Air Pollution
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