China, Japan and Korea have deployed a multiplicity of co-operation efforts at different levels of government to promote air quality and curb transboundary pollution. This paper identifies the existing arrangements for air quality co-operation in North East Asia and provides guidance to advance the co-operation required to face cross-border air pollution building on the experience of two long-standing co-operative agreements in this area: the Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement and UNECE’s Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. This paper finds that the multilateral arrangements existent in North East Asia are yet to produce a comprehensive science-based regional approach to address transboundary air pollution. Key suggestions for countries to capitalise on the stronger momentum for co-operation in this area include: i) building on the existing frameworks for international regulatory co-operation for air quality; ii) advancing a common understanding of transboundary air pollution across scientific regional arrangements; and iii) strengthening the domestic policy frameworks for air quality in each country as a key prerequisite.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/study-international-regulatory-co-operation-irc-arrangements-air-quality-cases
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Study of International Regulatory.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/c%C3%A9line-kauffmann
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/camila-saffirio
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/oecd
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-quality-management
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/canada
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us