Air pollution Control under the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Abstract

Air pollution is one of the environmental issues that need to be addressed. and this matter is being approached by two different mechanisms, economic and legal framework, both designed to reduce the pollution effects. Air pollution has taken new dimensions as its negative effects has began to extend to distant areas and cross to exceed national boarder toward other countries, this phenomenon known as long-range transboundary air pollution, which requires necessitates international efforts alongside national actions to control or reduce pollution.

On this basis, this research focused on international efforts to address this issue, specifically the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, which established several legal rules to combat and reduce transboundary air pollution. most notably the establishment of a mechanism for international cooperation in the field of research and development, exchange of information, as well as the establishment of the cooperative program for monitoring and evaluating the long-range transport of air pollutants in Europe.