Clean air - Danish efforts

Literature

(Please note that some Danish institutions have changed their name over the years.)

Aniansson, B. (ed.), 1982: Acidification today and tomorrow. Swedish Ministry of Agriculture, Environment'82 Committee. Stockholm.

Bach, H., Christensen, N., Kristensen, P., 2002: The State of the Environment in Denmark, 2001. NERI Technical Report No. 409. National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde.

Danish Energy Agency, 1996: Denmark's Energy Futures. Ministry of Environment and Energy, Copenhagen.

Danish Environmental Protection Agency, 1992: Industrial Air Pollution Control Guidelines, Vejledning fra Miljøstyrelsen Nr.9, 1992. Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Copenhagen.

Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy, 1996: Energy 21: The Danish Government´s Action Plan for Energy 1996, Copenhagen.

EMEP (Co-operative programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe) publishes yearly reports through the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.

European Environment Agency, 1999: Environment in the European Union at the turn of the century. Environmental assessment report No. 2. European Environment Agency, Copenhagen.

European Environment Agency, 2001: Environmental signals 2001. Environmental assessment report No. 8. European Environment Agency, Copenhagen.

Forsuringsudvalget, 1984: Environment and energy (In Danish: Miljø og Energi) In Danish with an English summary. National Agency of Environmental Protection, Copenhagen.

Heidam, N.Z., 2000: The Background Air Quality in Denmark 1978-1997. NERI Technical Report No. 341. National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde.

IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has published three Assessments in 1992, 1996 and 2001, and a series of special reports. All publications can be downloaded from the internet at: www.IPCC.ch

Ministry of the Environment, 1988: Environment and development: The Danish Government´s action plan. Ministry of the Environment, Copenhagen.

Moe, M., 1995: Environmental Administration in Denmark. Environment News No.17. Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Copenhagen.

National Agency of Environmental Protection, 1973: Environmental Protection Act. National Agency of Environmental Protection, Copenhagen.

National Environmental Research Institute (DMU) publishes various technical reports and data, in many cases in English. They can be downloaded as PDF files at DMU´s homepage: http://fagligerapporter.dmu.dk

Ministry of the Environment and Energy, 2000: Climate 2012: Status and Perspectives for Denmark´s Climate Policy. Ministry of the Environment and Energy, Copenhagen.

United Nations, 2000: Protocol to the 1979 convention on longrange transboundary air pollution to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone. A short version on the Gothenburg Protocol can be found at: http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/multi_h1.htm

WHO (World Health Organization), 2000: Air quality guidelines for Europe; second edition. WHO Regional Publications, European Series No. 91. Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen.

World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987: Our Common Future, Oxford University Press.

Information (also often in English) can be obtained on the following homepages:

- Danish Ministry of the Environment: www.mim.dk
- Danish Environmental Protection Agency: www.mst.dk
- National Environmental Research Institute: www.dmu.dk
- Danish Energy Agency: www.ens.dk