strategy
Exchanging information to control transboundary air pollution
Implementation:
The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution aims to (1) protect man and the environment against air pollution and (2) endeavour to limit and, as far as possible, gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution by means of exchanges of information, consultation, research and monitoring, policies and strategies to be developed without undue delay which will serve as a means of combating the discharge of air pollutants.
Broader:
InformingControlling transboundary air pollutionDisseminating environmental informationExchanging knowledge on planetary scienceEstablishing chemical information systemsExchanging information on transboundary issuesImproving exchange of technical information concerning problems Narrower:
Providing impact information for transboundary air pollutionExchanging meteorological information on transboundary air pollutionAgreeing size of flux-units for measuring transboundary air pollutionAgreeing standard procedures for monitoring transboundary air pollutionExchanging biological information relating to transboundary air pollutionAgreeing standards for information exchange on transboundary air pollutionExchanging information on control technologies for transboundary air pollutionExchanging physico-chemical information relating to transboundary air pollutionInforming about industrial development decisions affecting transboundary air pollutionProviding information about national strategies to control transboundary air pollutionExchanging information on transmission processes leading to transboundary air pollutionExchanging information on costs of control technologies for transboundary air pollution Constrained by:
Limiting availability of functional information Facilitates:
Evaluating toxicological informationProviding environmental information systemsSupporting gathering of industry informationImproving information systems on toxic chemicalsMaximizing use of information on chemicals managementDeveloping information exchange on carbon dioxide emissionsIncreasing information exchange on marine and coastal issuesExchanging information on programmes to reduce toxic chemical riskStrengthening information networks on innovative waste disposal methodsFacilitating international information exchanges on urban transportationStrengthening network of national information exchange centres on chemicalsImproving information systems for international governmental decision-making processesImproving developing countries' access to international information systems on chemicals Facilitated by:
Disseminating corrosion informationDeveloping national information systemsProviding information on environmental technologyFunding scientific information networks on the environmentSupporting regional transfer of chemical safety informationExchanging information about environmentally sound technologyEstablishing clearing houses for environmentally sound technologyStrengthening national centres for information exchange on toxic chemicalsSupporting cooperative international arrangements on environmental information among countries Problems:
Long-range transboundary air pollutionSubjects:
Information → Information Societal Problems → Pollution
Government → Frontiers
Cybernetics → Control
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
