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Case studies in Air Pollution management Presentation by Eleanor Eaton, Department of Economics Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 13 May 2019 Irelands Smoky Coal Ban Background Source: EPA Submission on the Review of the Smoky Coal Regulations,

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Case studies in Air Pollution management

Presentation by Eleanor Eaton, Department of Economics Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 13 May 2019

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Ireland’s Smoky Coal Ban

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Background

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Source: EPA Submission on the Review of the Smoky Coal Regulations, submission to the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government's public consultation, 2012.

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Source: EPA Air Quality Ireland 2017

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Trends in PM2.5 concentrations in Ireland

Source: EPA Air Quality Ireland 2017

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Canada: Cooperation across borders

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An environmental success story

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018)

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CAAQS (Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards)

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A National Air Quality Policy Air Quality Management System

  • In order to better protect human health and the

environment, in 2012 ministers of the environment, with the exception of Québec, agreed to implement a new Air Quality Management System (AQMS) to guide work on air emissions across Canada.

  • AQMS is a comprehensive and collaborative approach by

federal, provincial and territorial governments to reduce the emissions and ambient concentrations of various pollutants

  • f concern.
  • AQMS provides a framework for collaborative action across

Canada to further protect human health and the environment from harmful air pollutants through continuous improvement of air quality.

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India’s National Clean Air Programme

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Some of the worst levels of air pollution in the world

Source: HEI State of Global Air 2019

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The National Clean Air Programme

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Example intervention - cookstoves

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What will change?

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Tehran – Traffic related air pollution

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Heavy Duty Vehicles

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Source: The World Bank, 2018

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Emerging themes:

  • Ireland: Successful interventions, but may have unintended consequences
  • Canada: Cross-border co-operation is led by good data
  • India: Data gathering and monitoring of interventions vital
  • Tehran: Need for good enforcement alongside good legislation