1. Background
Acid Deposition Monitoring Network for East Asia (EANET) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) have been separately approaching the PM/Haze problem in East Asia/Southeast Asia. The region is over-wrapped between EANET and AATHP, and the target substance is same for PM/Haze. In this connection, the cooperation between EANET and AATHP would be beneficial for both initiatives.
The relationships between the atmospheric environment and human health as well as the relationships between the atmospheric environment and ecosystems should be investigated as scientific works for the region. Simultaneously, these scientific knowledges should be shared with the general public, relevant scientists and policy-decision makers to consider effective science-based policy measures.
In particular, integrated tools to analyze the adverse effects, regional policy practices and institutional changes will help us to achieve sound atmospheric environment.
2. Objectives
- To discuss, and make recommendations, if possible, the possibility of near-future cooperation especially on the Second Roadmap for ASEAN Cooperation on Transboundary Haze Pollution Control with Means of Implementation (ASEAN Haze-Free Roadmap).
- To discuss the various effects on ecosystem and human health by PM/Haze pollution
- To obtain scientific knowledges on the relationships between the atmospheric environment and human health including epidemiological methodology and between the atmospheric environment and ecosystems
- To learn science-based policy experiences and practices in other regions, such as Europe
3. Expected Participants
- Government officials, such as representatives for the Intergovernmental Meetings and Working Groups in the EANET, other relevant officials, etc.
- EANET related scientists, such as the Scientific Advisory Committee members, Task Force members, other relevant scientists, etc.
- Resource persons, including invited speakers from other regional networks and international organizations
4. Concept Note, Agenda and Speakers
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5. Speakers (in order of appearance – to be updated)
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Mr. Wiraditma Prananta Mr. Wiraditma Prananta is an Environment Officer at the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat. |
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Mr. Zhong-Yi CHIA Zhong-Yi CHIA is an applied modeller at ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre. He applies dispersion model and numerical analysis to understand and forecast airborne hazards (e.g. smoke haze) in Southeast Asia. He obtained his B.Sc. in Physics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and his M.Sc. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from McGill University, Canada. |
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Dr. Eric Zusman Eric Zusman is a research director at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies in Hayama, Japan. Dr. Zusman holds a bachelors degree in Mandarin Chinese from Rutgers University, a dual Masters Degree in public policy and Asian studies from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. For much of the past two decades he has conducted research on environmental issues in Asia. This has included working with China’s Yellow River Conservancy Commission, the Chinese Research Academy on Environmental Science, Woodrow Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum as well as Taiwan’s Academia Sinica. He has published books and articles on water scarcity, air pollution regulation, environmental law, multilevel governance, sustainability transitions, low carbon development and the Sustainable Development Goals. He was also a lead author for the sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Chapter 17). |
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Dr. Jan Eiof Jonson Scientist Norwegian Meteorological Institute 1993 — present Special interests: Atmospheric chemistry, specifically tropospheric ozone, effects of ship emissions, hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution, effects of wildfires. |
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