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Conventions, agreements and other documents
The 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) is one of the most important conventions in the field of international air pollution regulation. Today, the Convention has been ratified by 51 countries, including all EU Member States. Within the framework of the convention, individual protocols were developed, such as:
- EMEP Protocol,
- Geneva Protocol (control of emissions of volatile organic compounds or their transboundary fluxes),
- Helsinki Protocol (reduction of sulfur emissions and transboundary flows),
- Sofia Protocol (control of emissions of oxides of nitrogen or their transboundary fluxes),
- Oslo Protocol (reduction of sulfur emissions),
- Aarhus Protocol (heavy metals),
- Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (added amendments at the end of 2021),
- Gothenburg Protocol (reduction of acidity, eutrophication and ground-level ozone).
More information on air pollution policy is available on the website of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Slovenia is a signatory to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (original English text of the Convention). These are chemicals used in agriculture and industry, but are also produced as a co-product of incineration. Persistent organic pollutants are of exceptional name due to their properties:
Slovenia regularly keeps records and reports
- European Commission:
- CLRTAP Secretariat: - Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention:
The Alpine Convention is an international treaty signed by Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland and the EU, thus committing itself to a common and unified cross-border policy for the sustainable development of mountain areas. The Treaty consists of a main framework and eight protocols:
- Energy Protocol,
- Mountain Forest Protocol,
- Mountain Farming,
- Nature Protection and Landscape conservation,
- Transport,
- Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development Protocol,
- Soil Conservation,
- Tourism Protocol.
The public can access the latest information from the Alpine Air Quality Report.
The latest news on air quality have been published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website.
- EMEP Protocol,
- Geneva Protocol (control of emissions of volatile organic compounds or their transboundary fluxes),
- Helsinki Protocol (reduction of sulfur emissions and transboundary flows),
- Sofia Protocol (control of emissions of oxides of nitrogen or their transboundary fluxes),
- Oslo Protocol (reduction of sulfur emissions),
- Aarhus Protocol (heavy metals),
- Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (added amendments at the end of 2021),
- Gothenburg Protocol (reduction of acidity, eutrophication and ground-level ozone).
More information on air pollution policy is available on the website of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Slovenia is a signatory to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (original English text of the Convention). These are chemicals used in agriculture and industry, but are also produced as a co-product of incineration. Persistent organic pollutants are of exceptional name due to their properties:
- extreme toxicity,
- difficult degradability,
- durability,
- ability to be transferred to the environment across international borders, far from the place of release or origin,
- bioaccumulation in all living things through respiration, eating and drinking.
Slovenia regularly keeps records and reports
- European Commission:
- on the control of emissions of volatile organic compounds in the storage and distribution of petrol,
- CLRTAP Secretariat: - Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention:
The Alpine Convention is an international treaty signed by Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland and the EU, thus committing itself to a common and unified cross-border policy for the sustainable development of mountain areas. The Treaty consists of a main framework and eight protocols:
- Energy Protocol,
- Mountain Forest Protocol,
- Mountain Farming,
- Nature Protection and Landscape conservation,
- Transport,
- Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development Protocol,
- Soil Conservation,
- Tourism Protocol.
The public can access the latest information from the Alpine Air Quality Report.
The latest news on air quality have been published on the World Health Organization (WHO) website.