West and Central Africa Sub-Regional Workshop on Better Air Quality,
20-22 July 2009 , Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
 Twenty one countries from the West and Central African region and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) participated at a sub-regional workshop on Better Air Quality that was held from 20-21 July (Policy Session) and 22 July 2009 (Ministerial Session) in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The workshop that was jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests of Cote d’Ivoire, the African Refiners Association (ARA) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) through the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV) is an initiative of several partners including the above and the Air Pollution Information Network for Africa (APINA), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida), and the Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum (GAPF).
The Ministerial Session adopted a regional framework agreement (Abidjan Agreement) on air pollution for the region that includes actionable targets to address air pollution issues in the following key areas: Transport; Industry and Mining; Household Pollutionl; Waste Disposal; Bush Fires, Uncontrolled Burning and Deforestation; Urban Planning and Management; and National and Regional Environmental Governance.
At the workshop, a study funded by the World Bank/ARA on the costs and benefits of lower sulphur fuels and vehicle emission reduction in the sub-Saharan Africa region was presented.
Download more information about the workshop here:
- Agenda
- Participants List
- Workshop Report
- Presentations at Policy Session
- Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum Activities in Africa and Objectives of the Workshop
Kevin Hicks, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), University of York, UK
- Communicattion : Etude Sur La Qualite De L’air A Cotonou
Marcos Wabi, Benin
- Case Studies of Urban Air Quality in West and Central Africa - Accra, Ghana
Esi Nerquaye-Tetteh, EPA, Ghana
- Étude de la gestion de la qualité de l’air à
Ouagadougou
Dr Paul W. Savadogo, Ministère de l’environnement et du cadre de vie,
Burkina Faso
- Case Studies of Urban Air Quality in West and Central Africa: Air Quality (vehicle emission)
Monitoring Study, Lagos, Nigeria
Kayode Taiwo, Lagos
Metropolitan Area Transport Authority
- AQM Status in West and Central Africa:
Evidence of Health Effects and Links to Climate Change
Dr Dietrich Schwela, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
- Role of the Partnership for Clean Fuels and
Vehicles in Africa
Jane Akumu, UNEP
- Costs and Benefits of Lower Sulphur Fuels:
Examples from China and Mexico
Fanta Kamakaté - International Council on Clean Transportation
- World Bank/ARA Sub-Saharan African Health
and Refining Sector Study
Joël Dervain, African
Refiners Association President & Zeta Rosenberg, ICF International
- Urban Planning & Management: Improving
Public Transport
Magnus Lincoln Quarshie, Centre For
Cycling Expertise, Ghana
- Indoor Air Pollution -Case studies from
Ghana
Mahu Seth Agbeve, Enterprise Works Ghana
- The Role of Civil Society
Amadou Diouf, AfricaClean, Senegal
- Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Air Pollution
Oumar Diaoure Cissé, Direction Nationale de l'Assainissement et du Contrôle des Pollutions et
des Nuisances, Mali
- Presentation of the two sub-regional air
pollution agreements: Lusaka Agreement (Southern Africa)
and Nairobi Agreement (Eastern Africa)
Sara Feresu, APINA
- Presentations at Ministerial Session
- West and Central Africa Regional Framework Agreement on Air Pollution (Abidjan Agreement -2009) [French] [English]
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