First Meeting of the CLRTAP Ad Hoc Expert Group on Black Carbon

June 17-18, 2010, Brussels, Belgium

Agenda (printable agenda)

Thursday, June 17, 2010
Time	Session	Speakers/Facilitators
9:30 - 10:00 AM	Registration and Coffee
10:00 - 10:30 AM	Welcome and Introduction	Co-chairs Sunny Uppal (UNECE Secretariat)
10:30 - 11:00 AM	State of Black Carbon Science	Kjetil Torseth (NILU/EMEP-CCC)
11:00 - 11:30 AM	Presentation of Current and Projected Emissions	Zig Klimont (IIASA)
11:30 - 12:30 PM	Country Reports
	Belgium	Frans Fierens (Begium IRCEL)
	France	Simone Schucht (INERIS)
	Norway	Vigdis Vestreng (Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency)
	Slovenia	Grisa Mocnik (Aerosol doo)
12:30 - 13:30 PM	Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 PM	Continue Country Reports
	Canada	Jeanne-Marie Huddleston (Environment Canada)
	Finland	Kaarle Kupiainen (Finnish Environment Institute)
	Denmark	Jesper Stubkjaer (Danish EPA)
	United States	Sara Terry (OAQPS)
	Italy	Antonio Piersanti (ENEA)
	Spain	Rafael Borge (Technical University of Madrid)
	Switzerland	Gerhard Badertscher (Swiss Federal Office for the Environment)
15:30 -16:00 PM	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30 PM	Update on Other Assessments
	Arctic Council	Pam Pearson (ICCI)
	Arctic Burning
	UNEP BC/O3 Assessment	Johan Kuylenstierna (SEI-York)
	International Polar Year	Michael Gauss (Norwegian Meteorologisk Institutt)
16:30 - 17:30 PM	Reports from Experts
	EGTEI	Nadine Allemand (EGTEI secretariat)
	EMEP TF on Measurements and Modeling	Fabrizia Cavalli (European Commission JRC)
	HTAP	Terry Keating (US EPA) Kjetil Torseth (NILU/EMEP-CCC)
	HTAP Database
	Clean Air Task Force	David McCabe (CATF)
17:30 PM	Adjourn
Friday June 18, 2010
Time	Session	Speakers/Facilitators
9:00 - 9:30 AM	Day One Review/Day Two Welcome/Agenda Review
9:30 - 11:00 AM	Topic Based Expansion of Draft Outline – Topics 0-1 (Rationale and Current Activities)
	Review each topic and expand outline as necessary Participants to contribute relevant information for each topic Develop consensus for general approach for each topic
11:00 - 11:15 AM	Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30 PM	Topic Based Expansion of Draft Outline – Topics 2-3 (Inventories and Current Legislation)
	Review each topic and expand outline as necessary Participants to contribute relevant information for each topic Develop consensus for general approach for each topic
12:30 - 13:30 PM	Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 PM	Topic Based Expansion of Draft Outline – Topics 4-6 (Additional Reductions, Options for Gothenburg Protocol, Evaluating Progress)
	Review each topic and expand outline as necessary Participants to contribute relevant information for each topic Develop consensus for general approach for each topic
15:00 - 15:15 PM	Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:00 PM	Timetables and Next Steps
	Develop consensus regarding first draft and review schedules Strategies for input from other groups (Parties, Task Forces, Expert Groups, etc.) Determine need for and timing of next meeting September 7-8, Copenhagen Joint with Arctic Council
16:00 PM	Adjourn