Browsing AC Working Group: Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) by Title

ACAP Arctic Mercury Releases Inventory

Unknown author (Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP), 2005)

This report is part of the ACAP Mercury project. The objective of the report is to present and analyse compiled data on mercury releases from the Arctic countries, summarise existing initiatives to reduce mercury releases, ...

ACAP Project "Reduction/Elimination of dioxin and furan emissions in the Russian Federation with Focus on the Arctic and Northern Regions Impacting the Arctic" Phase II report

Centre for international projects, Moscow (Arctic Contaminants Action Program, 2008)

The Project "Reduction/Elimination of Emissions of Dioxins and Furans in the Russian Federation with focus on the Arctic and northern regions impacting the Arctic" was implemented within the framework of the Arctic Council ...

ACAP Strategy to Address Contamination of the Arctic Environment and its People

Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017)

ACAP’s mission is to contribute to reduce environmental risks and prevent pollution of the Arctic environment. ACAP acts as a strengthening and supporting mechanism of the Arctic Council to encourage national actions to ...

Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) Phaseout in the Arctic factsheet

ACAP (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-07)

An Arctic Council project has been initiated to transition from firefighting foam agents currently used to control flammable liquid fires because of concerns with their environmental and occupational health performance to ...

Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) Factsheet 2021

ACAP (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)

Assessment of Existing and Planned Initiatives Addressing Mercury Sources in the Arctic States and Identification of Possible Measures for Follow-up

Danish Ministry of the Environment, Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Arctic Council Action Plan to Eliminate Pollution of the Arctic, 2006)

In order to address the common concern of increasing mercury levels in the Arctic (AMAP reports), the Arctic Council launched the ACAP project "Reduction of Atmospheric Mercury Releases from Arctic States". With the ...

Assessment of Mercury Releases from the Russian Federation. Reduction of Atmospheric Mercury Releases from Arctic States

Russian Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Atomic Supervision; Danish Environmental Protection Agency; COWI A/S (Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP), 2005)

The present assessment has been prepared as part of the ACAP (Arctic Council Action Plan to Eliminate Pollution of the Arctic) study "Reduction of atmospheric mercury releases from Arctic states". The assessment of ...

Assessment of Potential Air Emissions of Dioxins/Furans, Particulate Matter, and Heavy Metals from Vorkuta Cement Plant when Using Conventional and Complementary Fuels

Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-05-11)

Vorkuta Cement Plant (VCP) is the only cement producing facility in the Republic of Komi RF. The facility is located above the Arctic Circle, 25 km north of the town of Vorkuta, in a permafrost zone and the surrounding ...

Black Carbon from the Oil and Gas Sector

ACAP (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)

On September 27-28, 2020, the Arctic Council’s Arctic Contamination Action program (ACAP) Working Group held a webinar on Black Carbon and Methane from the Oil and Gas Sector, arranged in cooperation with the Ministry of ...

Circumpolar best practices; Policy and Financing Options for Black Carbon Emission Reductions from Diesel Sources

Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-05-11)

Reducing BC emission requires the active involvement of policy makers at both the national and regional levels. National level agencies set minimum emissions standards for vehicles and quality standards for fuel; they also ...

Circumpolar Local Environmental Observer Network: Full report and Summary for Policymakers

ACAP (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)

The Circumpolar LEO initiative has helped spur steady growth in LEO membership, a significant increase in contributions from observers in the Arctic, and major improvements to the online platform that have strengthened ...

Economic Benefits, Social Advantages, and Emission Reductions: Bus fleet upgrade by Murmanskavtotrans

Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP); Kholod, N.; Malyshev, V.; Evans, M.; Lipka, O.; Gusev, E. (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)

Air pollution creates serious health, environmental and economic problems for urban, suburban, and rural inhabitants and also contributes to global climate change. Transportation powered by combustion engines is a major ...

Evaluation of Potential Impact of APG Flaring on Arctic Zone Environment

ACAP (ACS, 2019)

This report summarizes results of Phase 1A of the ACAP project: “Mitigation of Short Lived Climate Pollutants from APG - flaring” The purpose of the Project is to address SLCPs (primarily Black Carbon, Methane and non-methane ...