Presentation Transcript
Slide1: Thematic Working Group on
Air Quality High-Level Officials’ Meeting and Ministerial Regional Forum on Environment and Health
in South East and East Asian Countries
Bangkok, Thailand, 8 – 9 August 2007
Slide2: Co-chairs:
Professor Dr. Yun-Chul Hong, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea
Dr. Supat Wangwongwatana, Director General, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
First Regional Meeting of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) on
Air Quality on May 7, 2007, Seoul, Republic of Korea
17 participants :- 7 countries; China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Thailand and Singapore; and 4 international organizations; ADORC, CAI-Asia, UNEP and WHO
Review and comment first draft Regional Work Plan (RWP) to reflect the linkage between environment and health and to include the activities of common issues in the region Thematic Working Group on Air Quality
Slide3: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality Background
Objectives
Activities
Urban Air Pollution
Indoor Air Pollution
Transboundary Air Pollution
Outputs
Resources
Monitoring and Reporting
Slide4: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality Background
Deteriorating air quality => Health at risk
Common issues in the region:
Urban air pollution
Indoor air pollution
Transboundary air pollution
Slide5: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality Objectives
Reducing health burden imposed by deteriorating air quality;
Strengthening the cooperation at the national and regional level;
Capacity building of researchers and scientists focusing on air quality and health effects.
Regional Work Plan on Air Quality: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality Activities
Three-years timelines
Based on the major issues and the necessity of the region
Three sub-group activities
Slide7: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality Reducing health burden imposed by deteriorating air quality
Slide8: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality Strengthening the cooperation
Slide9: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality Capacity building
Slide10: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality
Slide11: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality
Slide12: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality
Slide13: Regional Work Plan on Air Quality Monitoring and Reporting on the TWG Activities
To the High level meeting and Regional Forum
Activities implemented based on Activities and Outputs listed above
Activities planned