Workshop on Emissions Inventories and Projections for Assessing Intercontinental Transport

October 18-20, 2006 Beijing, China

The aims of the workshop are:

To identify the state of knowledge of air pollution emissions and emission projections relevant for understanding intercontinental transport
To evaluate the availability, consistency, and uncertainty in current emissions information for different regions of the Northern Hemisphere and different emission sectors
To provide guidance on how emissions may be assessed in different parts of the hemisphere
To evaluate the adequacy of existing global emission projections for the assessment of intercontinental transport in the Northern Hemisphere
To identify methods and sources of information for improving global emission projections for the assessment of hemispheric transport and to identify relevant areas for future research
To provide a basis for consensus on the emission inventories and projections to be used for the assessment of hemispheric transport of air pollution
To reach out to experts on emission inventories and projections in countries outside the UNECE