Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum (GAP Forum)
Bringing together regional networks, international organisations and other stakeholders to develop effective policies and programmes to protect public health and the environment from the harmful effects of atmospheric pollution. The aim of the project was to support the development of solutions to air pollution-related problems by promoting effective cooperation among nations at the regional, hemispheric and global scales. It undertook a flexible approach to address climate change and other related concerns. It supported nations in their efforts to find cost-effective solutions that promote economic development and help alleviate poverty.
International Cooperation
The GAPForum succeeded in launching a number of highly effective initiatives around the world which worked towards reducing regional atmospheric pollution. Read more here.
The Global Air Pollution Forum Emission Manual
A network of experts in emission inventories participated in the formulation of methods and assessment of good practice. The GAP Forum Manual and Workbook now includes the agreed revisions. Contact for further details.
Co-benefits conference
In September 2008, the GAP Forum hosted a major international conference in Stockholm, Sweden on “Air Pollution and Climate Change: Developing a Framework for Integrated Co-benefits Strategies”. It was attended by a range of stakeholders from 30 countries, including representatives from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the French Presidency of the European Union. The conference, organized jointly by IUAPPA and SEI, brought the issue of co-benefits to prominence and resulted in a coherent policy framework focused on the critical role of the shortlived climate pollutants. The agreed conclusions from the conference emphasised that air pollution and climate change cannot be sensibly considered separately and that there are major advantages in considering mitigation policies that take both issues into account at the same time.
Read more about the outcomes from the conference here.
More information
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Funders: BOC Foundation, UNEP, USEPA, Sida
