IIASA-Japan: Bridging Atmospheric Science and Policy in Asia

The recently launched Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership (APCAP) has convened a consultation meeting from 9-10 March on "Establishing a Science Panel and Developing a Regional Assessment”. Markus Amann, Program Director of IIASA's MAG program, and Senior Researcher, Zbigniew Klimont will participate in both meetings. Amann will present an "Overview of the epistemic community".

The partnership between the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Japanese Ministry of Environment is a response to the resolution on air pollution adopted at the First UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA) in June 2014. The aim of APCAP is to support countries of the Asia-Pacific region in air pollution management, with multiple co-benefits in the areas of health, food and water security, and climate change mitigation.

The consultation meeting will be immediately followed by the Annual IGES-IIASA international workshop on “Bridging Atmospheric Science and Policy in Asia: Identifying Areas for Collaborative Research”. This workshop will consist of a series of panels that aim to make these connections. It will begin with an opening session that highlights what we have learned about co-benefits and where we need to go, followed by three panels on possible ways to link science and policy on co-benefits. The workshop will conclude with a panel discussion involving the four chairs from the three sessions, with the aim of synthesizing recommendations from those sessions into an integrated approach for co-benefits in Asia.

This workshop is organized by the Japan Committee for IIASA.

Last edited: 28 April 2015