Glossary

AQPI

Air Quality Pollutant Inventory

CEIP

Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections

CLRTAP

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

DECC

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Defra

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

NAEI

National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

Spatial disaggregation

The process by which information at a coarse spatial scale is translated to finer scales while maintaining consistency with the original dataset

Transboundary pollution

Transboundary pollution is pollution that originates in one country but, by crossing the border through pathways of water or air, is able to cause damage to the environment in another country.

UN/ECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Finding out more information...

There is a lot of information available on all of the pollutants covered in the UK air quality pollution inventory, along with what is being done to improve air quality in the UK and across Europe. The following web pages provide an excellent starting point for those wanting to explore air quality issues further:

NAEI website, giving information on the UK inventory.

Defra air quality pages, providing background information and details on UK air quality legislation.

European Environment Agency air pollution pages.

Further information on CLRTAP

CEIP website, providing links to international inventories.

The UK inventory for air quality is compiled by the UK inventory team at Ricardo Energy & Environment with contributions from Aether, AMEC and SKM Enviros on behalf of Defra.