International Conference on Transboundary Air Pollution in North-East Asia

Transboundary air pollutions have been recognized as one of most serious regional environmental challenges in North-East Asia. Among air pollutants, sulphur dioxide (SO2), particularly, emitted from coal-fired power plants is a major regional environmental issue in North-East Asia. Thus, NEASPEC and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have undertaken a series of technical assistance (TA) projects to support collaboration among Northeast Asian countries to mitigate transboundary air pollutions from coal-fired power plants.

The International Conference on Transboundary Air Pollution in North-East Asia was jointly organized by NEASPEC and Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center (ADORC), as an activity of the project on “Mitigation of Transboundary Pollution from Coal-fired Power Plants in North East Asia”, and held in Tokyo on 17-19 December 2008.

Presentations

LTP indicators based on observations by Dr. Lim-Seok Chang (NIER, ROK)

Modeling of Regional Air Pollution in North-East Asia by Dr. Fan Meng (CRAES, China)

Simulation of long-range transport of ozone and its implications by Dr. Cheol-Hee Kim (Pusan National University, ROK)

Modeling study on relationships between regional emissions and secondary inorganic aerosol in Tokyo by Dr. Hiroshi Hayami (CRIEPI, Japan)

Mercury Emission from Coal Combustion in Japan by Dr. Hiroshi Moritomi (Gifu University, Japan)

The Current Status of Thermal Power Plants SO2 Control in China by Ms. Jun Wang (CEC, China)

The Impact of Russian Coal-burning Power Plants in Siberia on Atmospheric Environment and their Possible Role in the Long Range Transport of Sulphur by Dr. Sergey Gromov (IGCE, Russia)

FGD Technologies for Korean Coal Firing Power Station by Mr. Ki-Suh Park (Korea Cottrell Company, ROK)

Air Pollution and Coal Fired Power Plants by Ms. Tumendemberel Bulgan (Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Mongolia)

Trend of Energy Use and Nitrogen Oxides Emissions in China by Dr. Hezhong Tian (Beijing Normal University, China)

Air Pollution Control Policy in Japan for Mitigating Sulphur Emission by Mr. Hirofumi Aizawa (Ministry of Environment, Japan)

The Flue Gas Cleaning System applied to Hitachinaka P.S. by Mr. Shigehiro MATSUDA (Tokyo Electric Power Company, Japan)

Recent Progress of Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) by Mr. Akira Nitta (ADORC, Network Center for EANET, Japan)

LTP: Joint Research Project on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollutants in North East Asia: Progress and Outcome by Dr. Jeong-soo Kim (NIER, ROK)

Regional Framework on Transboundary Air Pollution; Can Integrated Assessment Models Help? by Mr. Zbigniew Klimont (IIASA)

Regional dialogue and cooperation on air pollution in Asia (Urban AQM in Asia: Status and Trends) by Ms. Sophie Punte (CAI-Asia)