Report of the 17th meeting of the Joint Convention/WHO Task Force on Health Aspects of LRTAP

Bonn, Germany, 14-15 May 2014

National focal points on air quality and health and invited experts met to develop advice for the Convention on:

  • Review of the progress in research on health impacts of particulate matter and ozone;
  • Update on the revision of the EU air policy;
  • WHO public health recommendations for air quality;
  • Methods and tools for assessing the health risks of air pollution at local, national and international level (summary of WHO Expert Meeting discussions);
  • Monitoring and modeling of air pollution and its health impacts in countries of eastern Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia;
  • Presentation of scientific evidence for communication with policy makers