New Proposal for a Flagship on Tracking Chemical Pollutants New Proposal for a Flagship on Tracking Chemical Pollutants Nicola Pirrone GMOS Coordinator

New Proposal for a Flagship on

Tracking Chemical Pollutants

Nicola PirroneGMOS Coordinator & GEO Task HE-02 Leader

GEO Alternate for ItalyDirector of the CNR-IIA

GEO Work Plan Symposium WMO, 5-7 May 2015

CNR – Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Rome, Italy

http://www.iia.cnr.it

C1: Global Mercury Observation System

C2: Global Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Emerging Contaminants and Global Change Indicators

It would build on Task HE-02 Tracking Pollutants



Ground-Based Observation System

Oceanographic-Based Observation System



GMOS: Tropospheric & Regional Campaigns

Mt. Etna

Po valley Slovenia

Waldhof







POPs: long-term Active Air Monitoring Networks

www.ebas.nilu.no operated by NILUhttps://www.ec.gc.ca/rs-mn/default.asp?lang=En&n=BFE9D3A3-1Archiv

POPs: Passive Air Monitoring Networks

Established Bilateral Cooperative Agreements



Biodiversity Research Institute, USA CzechGlobe – Global Change Research Centre (CVGZ), Czech Republic National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan Seychelles Bureau of Standards, Seychelles SETAC Taiwan EPA & National Central University University of Washington-Bothell, Mt. Bachelor Obs., USA Ev-K2-CNR, Italy & Nepal NTNU, Norway USEPA-ORD Cape Grim Science Program and Macquarie University Observatoire Pic-du-Mid, France Storm Peak Laboratory, USA

U.S. NADP (in progress) Environment Canada (in progress) CSIRO (in progress) Baltic Sea Research Institute (in progress) Institute of Environmental Engineering (in progress) NOAA (in progress) UBA, Germany (in progress)

Increase the availability and quality of in-situ, oceanographic and UTLS data and information needed to track persistent pollutants (Hg and POPs) and anticipate changes in sensitive ecosystems including biota;

Harmonize SOPs for monitoring pollutants and their compounds in air, atmospheric deposition, water, soil, sediments, vegetation and biota with special emphasis to emerging advanced sensors based on nanotechnology.

Understand temporal and spatial patterns of pollutant transport and deposition to, and evasion from, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems;

Commitments of the Proposed Flagship



Support the validation of regional and global atmospheric pollutant models for use in evaluations of different policy options;

Evaluate the effectiveness of international efforts to reduce releases of pollutants.

Commitments of the Proposed Flagship



H2020

UNEP

GEF-World Bank

NSF

U.S.EPA

National funds in USA, Italy, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, ……..

Activities in Polar areas are supported through National Polar Research Programmes

Funding





Period: 2015-2020





Policy: provide quantitative information on pollutants in the environment to be used for policy decisions and support the implementation of Minamanta and Stockholm Conventions, among others (i.e., Basel, UNECE-LRTAP);

Human health: increase awareness of impact of pollutants on human health;

Technology: develop SDI and web services for Hg and POPs in the environment based on the brokering approach and contribute to GEOSS;

Research: supporting knowledge discovery by implementing holistic databases.

Expected impact



Overall coordination

Establish regional focal points to better link/involve regional projects (this will ensure/increase a wider participation to GEO)

Steering Committee: it will be formed by regional focal point representatives, coordinators of regional/national projects, NOGs, Policy Makers (UNEP, UNECE-LRTAP, EC, USEPA, EEA, …).

Partners from C1 & C2 + new partners

Governance



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New Proposal for a Flagship on Tracking Chemical Pollutants New Proposal for a Flagship on Tracking Chemical Pollutants Nicola Pirrone GMOS Coordinator