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Working Group 5 Nitrogen – integrated environmental policies

Working Group 5 Nitrogen – integrated environmental policies. The Working Group. JW. Erisman, T. Spranger, MA. Sutton, M. Maione, S. Reis, H. Fagerli, HV. Anderson, L. Horvath, S. Amin-Hanjani, N. Hutchings, C. Akselsson.

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Working Group 5 Nitrogen – integrated environmental policies

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  1. Working Group 5Nitrogen – integrated environmental policies

  2. The Working Group JW. Erisman, T. Spranger, MA. Sutton, M. Maione, S. Reis, H. Fagerli, HV. Anderson, L. Horvath, S. Amin-Hanjani, N. Hutchings, C. Akselsson. J.P. Hetteling, C. Stenby, HV., M. Havlikova, H. Harmens, Salim X., M. Maasikimets, K. Hicks, H. ApSimon

  3. Why Nitrogen? • The godfather of environmental pollutants… • A bit hidden • Drives several environmental problems • Contributes to many other issues. • Nitrogen from many sources • Emphasizes the role of agriculture as source • Also the role of effects in agricultural areas • Nitrogen is not fully addressed in any Convention

  4. An approach to address nitrogen • Established a framework to deal with N • Framework is driven by the effects Effects Indicators Nitrogen Budgets Emissions

  5. Direct Effects on Humans

  6. Direct Effects on Ecosystems

  7. Effects on other societal values

  8. Nitrogen and the Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution • The multiple problems of nitrogen • Most are atmospheric, most are transboundary. • The Convention LRTAP is the right place. • What is currently missing from the Convention? • Need to consider nitrate in water more strongly (not just natural ecosystems) • Incorporate interactions with nitrous oxide

  9. Short Term Goals & Implementation (<5 yr) • Tools are being developed already: • Emissions/Fluxes/Budgets GAINS/MITERRA/INTEGRATOR • Tools for effects indicator modelling, including biodiversity and climate change interaction • Develop a monitoring strategy for the framework • Not just air (e.g. EMEP monitoring) • Also better monitoring of effects (inc biomonitoring), monitoring of calculated N balances (e.g. N surplus) • Better stakeholder understanding • Dissemination, simplification • Guiding stakeholders to understand N effects

  10. Long Term Goals (> 5 year) • Dealing with the scale problem • An integrated approach and tools to generalize the implications of scale at the regional level. • Strengthening the linkage of targets to effects • Need flexible solutions; can be hard to quantify as “national emissions” • Engage the agri-food chain more constructively (they are willing) – including “soft measures” • Need to set our targets as close as possible in relation to the target environmental effects (cf. WFD - good ecological status) • Implement an adequate monitoring strategy • Biodiversity impacts, N budgets, N efficiency etc. • Linking existing monitoring activities.

  11. Organizational/Institutional Issues • CLRTAP should take the lead on integrated assessment towards sustainable N management: • provide a framework on integrated N • enhance integration and synergies between the existing bodies of the Convention relevant to the framework • draw from and link to other Conventions (UNECE Helsinki Convention on Waters, CBD, FCCC, UNECE Espoo Convention on Transboundary EIA): e.g. by establishing an (inter-)Convention WG • explore the possibilities of an integrated Nitrogen Protocol, possibly joint with other UNECE Conventions. • establish a stronger link with agricultural stakeholders (FAO, DG Agri, IFA, …) and effects related stakeholders. • utilize the knowledge, concepts, etc. developed within INI/NitroEurope IP/ACCENT/COST729/ESF-NinE etc.

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