Global Forum welcomes new Eastern Africa Regional Framework
Friday, 14 May 2010 13:50 | Author: Administrator | 
18 November 2008
The Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum welcomes the successful completion of the Eastern Africa Regional Framework Agreement on Air Pollution (Nairobi Agreement-2008) at UNEP Headquarters in October 2008. This regional framework on air pollution in Eastern Africa brings together 11 countries - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda - to develop actionable targets to address air pollution in the following key areas: transport, industry and mining, energy, waste, vegetation fires, indoor air pollution, urban planning and management, and regional and national environmental governance. It also recognizes the linkages between air pollution and climate change, associated with the release of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, ozone), and the co-benefits of reducing air pollution in all sectors of the economy for greenhouse gas reduction.
The "Nairobi Agreement", agreed by 8 Ministers at the ministerial session, was the result of the Eastern Africa Sub-Regional Workshop on Better Air Quality in Cities. This was the latest meeting organized by the Better Air Quality (BAQ) partnership in Africa which includes: the Air Pollution Information Network for Africa (APINA), the Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum (GAPF), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) through the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV), the United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA)and the World Bank�s Clean Air Initiative in Sub-Saharan African Cities (CAI-SSA). The Nairobi meeting was also supported by the African Refiners Association (ARA). The GAPF in collaboration with APINA, UNEP and other BAQ partners in Africa also organized the Southern African policy dialogue that led to the Lusaka Agreement in March 2008, which was also agreed at ministerial level, and will be organizing similar events in West Africa and Northern Africa in 2009.
The Agreement and associated documents are available at: http://www.unep.org/urban_environment/events/BAQ-Oct08.asp
The Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum welcomes the successful completion of the Eastern Africa Regional Framework Agreement on Air Pollution (Nairobi Agreement-2008) at UNEP Headquarters in October 2008. This regional framework on air pollution in Eastern Africa brings together 11 countries - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda - to develop actionable targets to address air pollution in the following key areas: transport, industry and mining, energy, waste, vegetation fires, indoor air pollution, urban planning and management, and regional and national environmental governance. It also recognizes the linkages between air pollution and climate change, associated with the release of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, ozone), and the co-benefits of reducing air pollution in all sectors of the economy for greenhouse gas reduction.
The "Nairobi Agreement", agreed by 8 Ministers at the ministerial session, was the result of the Eastern Africa Sub-Regional Workshop on Better Air Quality in Cities. This was the latest meeting organized by the Better Air Quality (BAQ) partnership in Africa which includes: the Air Pollution Information Network for Africa (APINA), the Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum (GAPF), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) through the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV), the United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA)and the World Bank�s Clean Air Initiative in Sub-Saharan African Cities (CAI-SSA). The Nairobi meeting was also supported by the African Refiners Association (ARA). The GAPF in collaboration with APINA, UNEP and other BAQ partners in Africa also organized the Southern African policy dialogue that led to the Lusaka Agreement in March 2008, which was also agreed at ministerial level, and will be organizing similar events in West Africa and Northern Africa in 2009.
The Agreement and associated documents are available at: http://www.unep.org/urban_environment/events/BAQ-Oct08.asp