Assessing interim objectives for acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone of the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive with 2001 and 2012 knowledge

Hettelingh, Jean‐Paul; Posch, Maximilian; Velders, G. J. M.; Ruyssenaars, Paul; Adams, Martin; Leeuw, Frank de; Lükewille, Anke; Maas, Rob; Sliggers, Johan; Slootweg, Jaap

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.060

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“…Such a reproduction penalty is evident in flower and pollen traits of plants (Mulder et al, 2005c), with cascading effects on pollinating invertebrates. As most long-term monitoring studies show decreasing trends in SO 4 , NO 3 and NH 4 and an amelioration in acidity, supporting the idea of an effective European policy in the emission reduction (Hildrew et al, 2013;Reis et al, 2012; but see Hettelingh et al, 2013), it seems that the pressure of xenobiotics on plants and related invertebrates has to be ascribed both to soil pollution and to (cattle or atmospheric) N deposition. As most long-term monitoring studies show decreasing trends in SO 4 , NO 3 and NH 4 and an amelioration in acidity, supporting the idea of an effective European policy in the emission reduction (Hildrew et al, 2013;Reis et al, 2012; but see Hettelingh et al, 2013), it seems that the pressure of xenobiotics on plants and related invertebrates has to be ascribed both to soil pollution and to (cattle or atmospheric) N deposition.…”

Section: Top-down or Bottom-up: The Squaring Of The Nutrient Cyclementioning

confidence: 87%

Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds

Mulder

Ahrestani

Bahn

et al. 2013

Ecological Networks in an Agricultural World

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Section: Top-down or Bottom-up: The Squaring Of The Nutrient Cyclementioning

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Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds

Mulder

Ahrestani

Bahn

et al. 2013

Ecological Networks in an Agricultural World

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“…CLs are indica tors of ecosystem sensitivity with a particular relevance under the framework imposed by the Convention of Long range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the revision of the National Emission Ceil ings Directive (NEC) (Reinds et al, 2008) and defined as an estimate of an exposure below which significant harmful effects do not occur at present knowledge (Hettelingh et al, 2013). AERIS is able to quantify exceedances according to two types of CL: for eutrophication effects through the CL for nutrient nitrogen CL nut (N) and for acidification ef fects through an acidity trapezoidal function of CL for sulphur and nitro gen (CL max (S), CL min (N) and CL max (N)) according to the general methodology presented in Posch et al (2001).…”

Section: Deposition and Protection Of Ecosystemsmentioning

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An integrated assessment of two decades of air pollution policy making in Spain: Impacts, costs and improvements

Vedrenne

Borge

Lumbreras

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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This paper analyses the effects of policy making for air pollution abatement in Spain between 2000 and 2020 under an integrated assessment approach with the AERIS model for number of pollutants (NO x /NO 2 , PM 10 / PM 2 5 , O 3 , SO 2 , NH 3 and VOC). The analysis of the effects of air pollution focused on different aspects: compliance with the European limit values of Directive 2008/50/EC for NO 2 and PM 10 for the Spanish air quality management areas; the evaluation of impacts caused by the deposition of atmospheric sulphur and nitrogen on ecosystems; the exceedance of critical levels of NO 2 and SO 2 in forest areas; the analysis of O 3 induced crop damage for grapes, maize, potato, rice, tobacco, tomato, watermelon and wheat; health impacts caused by human exposure to O 3 and PM 2 5 ; and costs on society due to crop losses (O 3 ), disability related absence of work staff and damage to build ings and public property due to soot related soiling (PM 2 5 ). In general, air quality policy making has delivered improvements in air quality levels throughout Spain and has mitigated the severity of the impacts on ecosystems health and vegetation in 2020 as target year. The findings of this work constitute an appropriate diagnosis for identifying improvement potentials for further mitigation for policy makers and stakeholders in Spain.

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“…Few studies which explore the NEC Directive ozone compliance were found (e.g. Hettelingh et al, 2013;Wagner et al, 2013). Hettelingh et al (2013) uses the EMEP model to assess the NEC Directive interim objectives for eutrophication, acidification and ground level ozone, considering the scientific knowledge of the NEC publication.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hettelingh et al, 2013;Wagner et al, 2013). Hettelingh et al (2013) uses the EMEP model to assess the NEC Directive interim objectives for eutrophication, acidification and ground level ozone, considering the scientific knowledge of the NEC publication. The results are compared with updated knowledge gathered up to 2012 (namely the 1990 and 2010 emissions' inventory update, number of Member States, the EMEP grid resolution, horizontal and vertical domains and the targeted ecosystems).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%